{"title":"John Barnie","description":"John Barnie was born and raised in the market town of Abergavenny.  He has published work in a wide variety of journals and anthologies and has won a Welsh Arts Council Prize for literature.  He has toured throughout the UK and abroad, reading his poems and playing guitar in a number of blues and poetry bands.  He currently lives in Aberystwyth where he edits the influential cultural magazine, \u003cem\u003ePlanet: The Welsh Internationalist\u003c\/em\u003e.","products":[{"product_id":"sea-lilies-selected-poems-1984-2003","title":"Sea Lilies: Selected Poems 1984-2003","description":"This generous \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e from John Barnie includes work from seven of his previous collections: \u003ci\u003eBorderland\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eLightning Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eClay\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eThe Confirmation\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eThe City\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eHeroes\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eAt the Salt Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis poetry celebrates the natural world – its otherness from ourselves – whilst also tackling the increasingly destructive impact of humans on that world. A secondary theme running throughout the book is the manner in which small-town life, while undoubtedly secure, is also deeply confining. This ecological and sceptical outlook is aligned with a deep affinity with, and boundless curiosity about, nature and our precarious place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is notable for both its breadth of form and its depth of thought. Those familiar with Barnie’s work will enjoy having a selection from his varied output.Those unfamiliar will be pleasantly surprised at the range and quality of his poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Barnie\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Abergavenny, and was a student in Birmingham in the 1960s. He has published work in a wide variety of journals and anthologies and has won a Welsh Arts Council Prize for Literature. He now lives in Aberystwyth and until recently was Editor of the influential magazine of diverse international writing, \u003ci\u003ePlanet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040996956,"sku":"9781854114136","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_a070c605-09f8-4d92-8193-53cff870f98f.jpeg?v=1752237675"},{"product_id":"poetry-wales-autumn-2009","title":"Poetry Wales - Autumn 2009","description":"Features include Nerys Williams on the horror of the Long Poem, Robert Minhinnick on the Llynfi Valley, Matthew Jarvis and John Kinsella in dialogue about Welsh environments, and John Goodby on the Hay Poetry Jamboree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso, translations by John Barnie, Fflur Dafydd and Pascale Petit, and poems by Frances Presley, Peter Larkin, Mark Goodwin, Christopher Nield, Jason Ranon, Uri Rotstein, Katherine Stansfield, Anna Lewis, Linda Black, Vuyelwa Carlin, Kevin Cantwell, John Kinsella, Peter Hughes and Carol Watts, Cliff Forshaw, Annemarie Austin, Margaret Kelly, and James Methven – Purple Moose Prize Winner 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s also a bumper Reviews section this issue, with Tim Liardet weighing up collections by Damian Walford Davies and Richard Marggraf Turley; Alison Brackenbury on Ian Gregson; Fiona Owen reviewing Ruth Bidgood and John Powell Ward; Richard Marggraf Turley appraising four new poetry collections; Tony Frazer on translations of Victor Rodríguez Núñez and Petr Borkovec; Elzbieta Wójcik-Leese on European poetry, and Peter Hughes on the latest from Harry Guest and Sirol Troup!\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041019868,"sku":"9770032220363","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_bbba29c0-2459-414b-bcf8-506bdb492abd.jpeg?v=1752236546"},{"product_id":"poetry-wales-summer-2010","title":"Poetry Wales - Summer 2010","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first issue in Volume 46 features an exclusive interview with new Oxford Professor of Poetry, Geoffrey Hill.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Er Cof, In memory of Iwan Llwyd' by Robert Minhinnick\u003cbr\u003e'Cambrian Readjustments': Geoffrey Hill interviewed by Damian Walford Davies and Richard Marggraf Turley\u003cbr\u003e'Finding Space': Wendy Mulford interviewed by Alice Entwistle\u003cbr\u003e'Deflected forces of currents': Welsh modernist poetry by John Goodby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems by Lee Harwood, Laurence James, Geoffrey Hill, Stephen Knight, Helen Tookey, Kit Fan, Neetha Kunaratnam, Julian Stannard, John Lee Grenfell, John Barnie, Ian Cartland, Ben Mazer, Ralph Hawkins, Peter Hughes, Ivy Alvarez, Wendy Mulford, Ian McEwen, John Powell Ward, James Goodman, John Goodby, Byron Beynon, Helen Mort, Will Johnson, Marianne Burton, Julia Fiedorczuk translated by Elzbieta Wojcik-Leese, Grzegorz Wroblewski translated by Adam Zdrodowski, Judith Kazantzis, Stevie Krayer and David Foster Morgan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Barry on Philip Gross’s \u003ci\u003eThe Water Table\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarrie Etter on new work by Jasmine Donahaye (\u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait as Ruth\u003c\/i\u003e) and Gwyneth Lewis (\u003ci\u003eA Hospital Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003eGrahame Davies on Eurig Salisbury’s \u003ci\u003eLlyfr Glas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Gwyn on translations of books by Chus Pato (\u003ci\u003em – tala\u003c\/i\u003e) and Ernest Farres (\u003ci\u003eEdward Hopper\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003eJohn Taylor on Patrick McGuinness’s \u003ci\u003eJilted City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eLyndon Davies on work by Elisabeth Bletsoe (\u003ci\u003ePharmacopeia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEarly Selected Works\u003c\/i\u003e) and Frances Presley (\u003ci\u003eLines of Sight\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041041444,"sku":"9770032220363","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_557728ce-12e4-48e9-b38a-295e863e23e8.jpeg?v=1752236545"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/john-barnie\/james-goodman.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}