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exploring the British seaside or taking a sideways look at contemporary controversies

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Joey Frances is Based in Manchester

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The Seasons of Cullen Church knives forks spoons exploring the British seaside orBernard O'Donoghue is the author of six poetry collections, including Gunpowder (1995), winner of the Whitbread Costa prize, and Farmers Cross, which was shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot and the Forward prizes in 2011. This new collection of expert lyric poems movingly animates the characters of his childhood in County Cork; it will confirm O'Donoghue's place as one of the most approachable and agile voices in contemporary Irish and British poetry.