Derry woman Aimée Donnell is gearing up to launch her debut book, composed of poems that capture her life over five years.

Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

Faber will publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney in October 2025, including previously unpublished material. The collection has ...

Faber has announced the publication of the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney ’s poetry, featuring a number of ...

Catholicism provided a bedrock of imagery and inspiration for the Nobel Prize-winning poet, and his defection from it was without bitterness or reproach / By MICHAEL DUGGAN ...

McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his relentless ...

On the cusp of the millennium, Seamus Heaney reflected “We can’t keep on writing elegies.” Four years after receiving the Nobel Prize, the 60-year-old Irish poet was being interviewed by Channel 4’s ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch ... Marie Devlin (right) the widow of Seamus Heaney of arrives for the funeral Roisín McDonough, the chief executive of the Arts Council ...