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ADVANCE INFORMATION

What Leaves May

Know

Paul Berry

KEY SELLING POINTS
A new collection of poetry from the author of Towards Babingley (9781803137049).
Poetry evoking and inspired by the landscape of North Norfolk, and up towards the coast and countryside of
Northumberland.
Written by a finalist in the Eric Gregory Award, the Scottish Open Poetry Competition and the Sandburg
Livesay Award.

Whether portraying ancestral hearth-sides in North Norfolk, the coast and countryside of Northumberland, or
varied settings in between, Paul Berry conjures a strong sense of mood and location.

At times focusing on family life, everyday rituals, rites of passage or the legacies of lost love, these poems
celebrate the often remarkable nature of things routine, familiar and commonplace.

Reviews for previous collections:
“Berry is a poet of place. He explores the spirit of place, the effect of landscape on the individual… (His) work
is tight and careful, a sculptor with words”: British Underground Magscene.

"This ability to evoke the past that lies in the earth is reminiscent of Seamus Heaney's poetry:" The Paper
Independent Monthly

Paul Berry is a past finalist in the Eric Gregory Awards (UK) and Sandburg Livesay Award (USA). He has
published six collections of poetry and is author of a social history recreating life on and around English
airfields during World War Two. He is compiler of the Norfolk volume in the Poet's England series (Brentham
Press) and is the co-ordinator of Centre Poets literature group in West Norfolk. His previous collection,
Towards Babingley, was published by Matador in 2023.

Publication Date: 28th July 2024 £8.99 ISBN: 9781805144663
Thema subject category: DCF – Poetry by individual poets
paperback 198 x 129 mm 96 pp Portrait Author location: Norfolk

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