Tom Duddy's THE HIDING PLACE on Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry

Arlen House is delighted to announce that Tom Duddy’s recently published debut poetry collection, The Hiding Place, has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry. The Prize is awarded annually to the writer of the best first collection published in the UK or Ireland in the preceding year.

Tom Duddy is the only Irish author to make the shortlist this year. The Hiding Place has also recently been shortlisted for the Aldeburgh First Collection Award in the UK.

The shortlist for the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry:
Tom Duddy, The Hiding Place (Arlen House)
Valerie Duff, To the New World (Salmon Poetry)
Anna Robinson, The Finders of London (Enitharmon Press)
Victor Tapner, Flatlands (Salt Publishing)
Katherine Towers, The Floating Man (Picador)

The winner will be announced on 25 November 2011 at a presentation with John Montague. The Chair of the judges is Professor Harry Clifton, Ireland Chair of Poetry.

The Hiding Place can be purchased from www.Kennys.ie (post-free worldwide), syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu and amazon.com

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Tom Duddy's "THE HIDING PLACE" on Aldeburgh Shortlist

Arlen House is delighted to announce that Tom Duddy's recently published debut poetry collection, The Hiding Place, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Aldeburgh First Collection Award. Tom is the only Irish author and Arlen House the only Irish publisher to make the shortlist.

Shortlist announced for Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2011

From 74 entries, the shortlist for the 2011 Aldeburgh First Collection Prize – one of the most influential and established poetry prizes in the UK – highlights five distinctive new voices as ‘ones-to-watch’ amongst the next generation of poets.

The Poetry Trust announced the shortlist today:

Rachael Boast, Sidereal (Picador)
Tom Duddy, The Hiding Place (Arlen House)
Nancy Gaffield, Tokaido Road (CB Editions)
Ed Reiss, Your Sort (Smith Doorstop)
Jacqueline Saphra, The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions (Flipped Eye Publishing Ltd)

The Hiding Place can be purchased from Kennys.ie, syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu and amazon.com