

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Launch: "Late Heaney" by Nicholas Allen
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Nicholas Allen, Baldwin Professor in Humanities and director of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, will join Geraldine Higgins, associate professor of English and director of Irish studies at Emory University, for a conversation and audience Q&amp;A about Allen's new book, Late Heaney. The celebration, hosted by the Willson Center, will include a public reception with refreshments.

Late Heaney will be published in January 2026 by Oxford University Press. The book follows Seamus Heaney through the landscapes, friendships and events that shaped his last four collections, The Spirit Level, Electric Light, District and Circle, and Human Chain, all set in conversation with his work at large. Heaney's later life was a time of transformative change and achievement. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995, after which he became a writer of global standing. This book grounds that experience in the history and geography of the places he wrote about, with an eye to the artists who influenced him and the people he knew.

Late Heaney draws a line from the waterlands of Lough Neagh to the olive groves of Greece, inviting the reader to think about time and belonging in context of art and memory. Later, Heaney began to imagine himself as a witness at the riverbank between life and death, an image that features powerfully in his final poems. Late Heaney follows the poet there, finding light in the dark, and company among the shades.

Find more details here: https://calendar.uga.edu/event/book-launch-late-heaney-by-nicholas-allen
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Athens
- **state**: GA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ciné Athens
- **lat**: 33.95969
- **long**: -83.37966
- **full address**: Ciné Athens, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601-2728, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Willson Center for Humanities and Arts (https://allevents.in/org/willson-center-for-humanities-and-arts/5979922)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ciné Athens, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601-2728, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Book Launch: "Late Heaney" by Nicholas Allen ?
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