Belfast Book Fesival 2017 Belfast Book Festival 2017 | Page 54

STRENGTHENING THE
NORTHERN BRIDGE
MORRISSEY, POLLEY AND BERGIN
Sinéad Morrissey’s departure for Newcastle University is imminent and,
together with The John Hewitt Society, we have invited two of Sinéad’s
new colleagues to read with her; Tara Bergin and Jacob Polley.
Tara Bergin was the recipient of the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize
for her debut collection, This is Yarrow (Carcanet, 2013) and Jacob
Polley’s most recent accolade is the 2016 T S Eliot Award for Jackself
(Picador). The readers will be introduced by Sinéad’s students from
the Seamus Heaney Centre; Andy Eaton, Emma Must and Stephen
Sexton.
Sinéad Morrissey has published six collections of poetry. Her awards
include the Patrick Kavanagh Award, first place in the UK National
Poetry Competition, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, The Irish Times
Poetry Prize (2009, 2013) and the T S Eliot Prize (2013). In 2016 she
was awarded the E M Forster Prize from the American Academy of
Arts and Letters. She has served as Belfast’s inaugural Poet Laureate.
Her latest collection, On Balance, is the Poetry Book Society Choice
for Summer 2017.
8.30PM // £8 | £6 // CRESCENT ARTS
Fri 16 Jun