Noctuary by Niall Campbell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Noctuary by Niall Campbell A noctuary is a diary for the late hours, a time for reflection in these lyrical poems about discovering what it means to be a young father, anxious, caring and protective, deeply connected to the new, precious life of another human being. Noctuary is Scottish poet Niall Campbells second collection, following his highly praised debut Moontide. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A noctuary is a diary for the late hours. In Niall Campbells poems, this is a time for reflection, discovering what it means to be a young father, anxious, caring and protective, deeply connected to the new, precious life of another human being. The deftly lyrical poems in his second collection illuminate a night world of disturbed sleep and half dream, midnight feeds, the quiet of snowfall through the hours of dark. At the same time the grown man now living in the city reconnects with his own childhood on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, the territory of his highly praised first collection, Moontide. Hearing his fathers voice in how he calls to his son, other images of the islands seascapes, myths and wildlife return to him in Noctuary. Author Biography Niall Campbell was born in 1984 on the island of South Uist, one of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He received an Eric Gregory Award in 2011 and an Arvon-Jerwood Mentorship in 2013, and won the Poetry London Competition in 2013. His work has been published in a number of magazines and anthologies including, Granta, The Dark Horse, Poetry London, Poetry Review, The Salt Book of Younger Poets and Best Scottish Poems 2011. His debut pamphlet, After the Creel Fleet, was published by Happenstance Press in 2012. His first book-length collection, Moontide (Bloodaxe Books, 2014), won Britains biggest poetry prize, the 20,000 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, as well as the Saltire First Book of the Year Award; it was also shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize, and is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. First Nights: poems, a selection from Moontide with additional new poems, was published by Princeton University Press in the US in 2016. His second book-length collection, Noctuary (Bloodaxe Books, 2019), was shortlisted for the 2019 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He lives in Leeds. Table of Contents 13 Midnight14 First Nights15 Thinning Apples16 First Illness17 Keeping the Poachers Light19 Crusoe, One Year on the Island20 Clapping Game21 All the Doubts of the Late Evening22 Moth23 Lyrics25 Packhorse26 The Address28 Poacher29 A New Father Thinks About Those Running Home30 Dear,31 The Night Watch32 The Disembarked33 Go There34 The Water Carrier35 Returning to Work36 Measuring Heat Loss in the Arctic37 Dream38 Blackberries39 Poetry When Working40 An Island Vigil41 The Cut42 Four Memories in No Particular Order43 Horseshoe Crab44 Proof45 Living in the City and Dreaming of the Winter Beach46 Two Poems after Cuevas Lopes46 Picking Day47 Leaving Town48 Other Branches49 February Morning50 Glasgow51 Cooling a Meal by the Outside Door52 Capture53 Tightrope54 Thirties55 Language56 From the Spanish58 Good Night61 Acknowledgements63 Biographical note Review Full of striking moments, the poems of Moontide are illuminated by powerful lyric impulses. -- David Wheatley * Guardian *In his understated debut collection, Campbell, who spent his childhood on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, draws on an intimately known landscape as witness to solitude and shared lives. -- Maria Crawford * Financial Times, Summer books 2014 *With precise language, musicality and insight, Campbells first collection explores solitude, companionship and memory against a backdrop of closely observed nature. His intimate poems draw on the seascapes and myths of his native Eriskay, in the Outer Hebrides, but take the same sharp-focused eye to other places, too... Meditative and haunting – my favourite poetry book of 2014 so far. -- Juanita Coulson * The Lady * Promotional Niall Campbells highly praised debut Moontide was one of Bloodaxes biggest selling first collections of recent years, receiving wide press coverage. Moontide won Britains biggest poetry prize, the £20,000 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award as well as Scotlands Saltire First Book of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for five first collection prizes. Long Description A noctuary is a diary for the late hours. In Niall Campbells poems, this is a time for reflection, discovering what it means to be a young father, anxious, caring and protective, deeply connected to the new, precious life of another human being. The deftly lyrical poems in his second collection illuminate a night world of disturbed sleep and half dream, midnight feeds, the quiet of snowfall through the hours of dark. At the same time the grown man now living in the city reconnects with his own childhood on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, the territory of his highly praised first collection, Moontide. Hearing his fathers voice in how he calls to his son, other images of the islands seascapes, myths and wildlife return to him in Noctuary. Review Quote With precise language, musicality and insight, Campbells first collection explores solitude, companionship and memory against a backdrop of closely observed nature. His intimate poems draw on the seascapes and myths of his native Eriskay, in the Outer Hebrides, but take the same sharp-focused eye to other places, too... Meditative and haunting - my favourite poetry book of 2014 so far. - Juanita Coulson, The Lady, on Moontide. Description for Sales People Following the success of his debut collection, Moontide (2014), in the UK, Niall Campbell published First Nights: poems, a selection from Moontide with additional new poems, wih Princeton University Press in the US in 2016. Details ISBN1780374658 Author Niall Campbell Pages 64 Publisher Bloodaxe Books Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 1780374658 ISBN-13 9781780374659 Publication Date 2019-04-25 Format Paperback Imprint Bloodaxe Books Ltd Place of Publication Tyne and Wear Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 821.92 Language English UK Release Date 2019-04-25 NZ Release Date 2019-04-25 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-04-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145092863;

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