Brighton author George W Jones argues that Beowulf isn’t a myth and that it didn’t mythically happen in Sweden.

Seamus Murphy was born in Ireland in 1959. Some of his most profound childhood memories are political. In Dublin, 1963, JFK walked past while Murphy was sat on his dad’s shoulders. Later in the year, ...

Amelia Loulli has won the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2025, supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies and run by The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.

In this classic poetry collection, reissued in a new 50th anniversary edition, Seamus Heaney blends Irish myth, Norse imagery, and political commentary to reflect on the Troubles and Ireland’s ...

North was Seamus Heaney's fourth poetry collection – he was in his mid-30s when it came out, living in Glanmore, Co. Wicklow.

Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is to visit the Seamus Heaney HomePlace for the Northern Ireland launch of her new memoir. Ms Sturgeon served as both the leader of the Scottish ...

A book dealer who claimed he bought two missing and "extraordinarily rare" Seamus Heaney first editions worth €2,000 at a bric-a-brac stall has walked free from court.

A book dealer who claimed he bought two missing and "extraordinarily rare" Seamus Heaney first editions worth €2,000 at a bric-a-brac stall has walked free from court. Alan Ladak (70), of Fahy ...

A BOOK DEALER who claimed he bought two missing and “extraordinarily rare” Seamus Heaney first editions worth €2,000 at a bric-a-brac stall has walked free from court.