Book Launch

My third collection of poetry, ‘True’, has just been published by Black Spring Press, and I’m delighted to invite you to the launch on October 2nd – National Poetry Day.

‘True’ will be launched at Armagh’s magnificent Robinson Library, founded in 1771. The reading is hosted by the City Chapter and will also feature emerging poet Wendy Sinnamon. The start time is 7.30pm and entry is free.

The poems in ‘True’ were inspired by true stories from real lives. The sources were news reports, exhibitions, diaries, brochures, sagas, public notices, journals, broadcasts, obituaries and word of mouth. They are not ‘found poems’ – instead, each real-life story provided the launch pad for new work. Ciaran Carson called them ‘discovered poems’. ‘True’ brings together my discovered poems, twelve of which have won awards. The book is dedicated to the late Ciaran Carson, founding Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre in Belfast.

I look forward to seeing you in Armagh on National Poetry Day, where ‘True’ will be on sale at a special launch price. I will be delighted to sign the book for you.

You can also buy a copy of ‘True’ directly from the publisher. https://blackspringpressgroup.com/products/true

Paul Jeffcutt’s poetry has always been tempted by the coincidental and the accidental, finding strange wonders in juxtaposition and enigma. With ‘True’, this risk-taking reaches a new stage of fluency, insight and daring. A joy to read.  ―Damian Smyth.

Paul Jeffcutt’s latest collection of poetry proves that his mentor, Ciaran Carson, was bang on – poems are out there waiting to be discovered and recovered from the true stories of real lives. ―Rachael Hegarty.