Good morning everyone and happy Monday. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt recently .
Open, Heaven is a coming of age, love story between two teenage boys and it sounds absolutely beautiful. I’m really looking forward to reading it soon
Huge thanks to Jonathan Cape and Vintage Books for sending me a copy I can’t wait to read it.
Out 24th April 2025 and you can find out more about the book below.
Book Synopsis:
On the cusp of adulthood, James dreams of another life far away from his small village. As he contends with the expectations of his family, his burgeoning desire – an ache for autonomy, tenderness and sex – threatens to unravel his shy exterior.
Then he meets Luke. Unkempt and handsome, charismatic and impulsive, he has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle on a nearby farm. Luke comes with a reputation for danger, but underneath his bravado lie anxieties and hopes of his own.
With the passing seasons, the two teenagers grow closer and the bond that emerges between them transforms their lives. James falls deeply for Luke, yet he is never sure of Luke’s true feelings. And as the end of summer nears, he has a choice to make – will he risk everything for the possibility of love?
About The Author:
Seán Hewitt was born in 1990. His debut collection of poetry, Tongues of Fire, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2020. Tongues of Fire won The Laurel Prize in 2021, and was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, and a Dalkey Literary Award. In 2020, he was chosen by The Sunday Times as one of their “30 under 30” artists in Ireland.
His memoir, All Down Darkness Wide (2022), won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2022, and was shortlisted for a LAMBDA Award, Foyles Book of the Year (Non-Fiction), the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and an Irish Book Award.
A collaboration with the artist Luke Edward Hall, his fourth book is 300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World (2023).
His second collection of poetry, Rapture’s Road, will be published by Jonathan Cape in 2024.
He lives in Dublin, where he teaches at Trinity College.
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