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Seán Hewitt

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Take Four Books presents Open, Heaven, the debut novel from Seán Hewitt - an award-winning poet renowned for his critically acclaimed 2022 memoir of heartbreak and queer identity, All Down Darkness Wide.

Open, Heaven is a tale of suppressed adolescent desire set in the pastoral surroundings of rural northern England. In this episode, Seán reflects on three literary influences that shaped his novel: The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley, Maurice by E. M. Forster, and The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien.

The supporting contributor is author and lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton, Dr Bea Hitchman.

There is also an extract from The Go-Between audiobook, narrated by Sean Barrett and published by Naxos AudioBooks.

Producer: Rachael O’Neill Editor: Gillian Wheelan This was a BBC Audio Scotland production.

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