For the past three months (93 days, to be precise) we’ve been counting down on Twitter to the publication of 100 Poems by Seamus Heaney, which will be published a week from today, on June 28. This new selection of work – spanning all twelve of Heaney’s original collections – has been specially chosen by the poet’s immediate family, and includes his best-known and most celebrated poems (like ‘Digging’ and ‘Mid-Term Break’) and – hopefully! – a few surprises, too. It’s a beautiful volume, inside and out, all thanks to publishers Faber and Faber.
To celebrate publication, The Print Room theatre at The Coronet, in London's Notting Hill Gate, will host a very special reading on Tuesday 10 July, at 7pm. The evening with be introduced by Faber’s poetry editor, Matthew Hollis, with readings by the great Irish novelist Edna O’Brien (a longtime friend of the poet), the poets Nick Laird and Daljit Nagra, and Seamus Heaney’s daughter, Catherine.
It promises to be a memorable and moving evening, as we listen once again to some of Heaney’s best-loved works in The Coronet’s wonderfully atmospheric setting.
Tickets and further information available from the Print Room website – click here to book. And, to whet your appetite, here's a recording of Seamus Heaney reading his classic poem, 'Postscript'.
