The Seamus Heaney Centre celebrates the launch of Gerry Cambridge's new collection 'Light Leaves' (red squirrel press 2026)

Gerry Cambridge's Light Leaves: Selected Poems gathers work from his six books of poetry published since 1995. With an Introduction by Stephen Sexton, you will also be able to purchase a copy of the collection.

'The Language is simple, the effect beautiful, the craft-work sure. There is no affected elegance here, only a genuine elegance in the linguistic operation of almost every line.' John Foy, Contemporary Poetry Review

'...poetry of an extraordinary quality...as fresh as the coldest air of a winter's night.' Alison Brackenbury, New Walk Magazine.

Gerry Cambridge founded The Dark Horse, Scotland's leading poetry journal in 1994. An Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literature, he received a Cholmondeley Award for his poetry from the Society of Authors in London in 2024. His 'The Ayrshire Nestling', a memoir of growing up in the county, was shortlisted for the Saltire Non-fiction Book of the Year Award in Autumn 2025.

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