The Poetry Paper

Exclusive Seamus Heaney interview

Great Plain Utterance

The annual Poetry Prom in August offered an unforgettable evening in the company of Seamus Heaney. He held the hugh Snape Maltings concert hall audience spellbound - reading a dazzling selection of poems old and new, and discussion his writing life. Early in their conversation, Michael Laskey (fellow poet & Co-Founder of the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival) asked Heaney about his first poetic influences. Read online or  Order your FREE copy of The Poetry Paper.