Driftwork: Selected Poems by John Burnside
PRE-ORDER Nichola Deane meeting her own child self

meeting her own child self as she comes of age in the riotous 80s and 90s

Jürgen Becker (1932-2024) was born in Cologne

and so extremely smart

but have also been aware of the dangers of the “gilding eye” glossing over the poverty which is still the lot of so many Caribbean people

these pieces present a deeply personal insight into a mind struggling to rebuild itself after catastrophic collapse

Driftwork: Selected Poems by John Burnside <br> PRE-ORDER Nichola Deane meeting her own child selfPublished 20 August 2026 The definitive selection of John Burnside's extraordinary and vibrant poems, taken from across decades but always stirring, curious, alert to the natural world and the people in it 'Its impossible not to love the world more when reading Burnside' GUARDIAN Over thirty five years and seventeen collections, John Burnside built a body of poetry that was consistently luminous, original and profound, always in thrall to the