John Burnside

Praise for Ruin, Blossom

For my money, John Burnside is by far the best British poet alive

Spectator

A master of language

Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall

The joy of Burnside's poems - and part of what makes them moving - is that he never stops registering the ways in which beauty makes life worth living

Observer

For my money, John Burnside is by far the best British poet alive

Spectator

A master of language

Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall

The joy of Burnside's poems - and part of what makes them moving - is that he never stops registering the ways in which beauty makes life worth living

Observer

For my money, John Burnside is by far the best British poet alive

Spectator

A master of language

Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall

The joy of Burnside's poems - and part of what makes them moving - is that he never stops registering the ways in which beauty makes life worth living

Observer

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