This past week, Seán Hewitt published his debut novel, Open, Heaven. The story follows 16-year-old James as he comes to terms with his sexuality. Set in a remote northern English village, James longs ...

Open Heaven is the debut novel by Irish poet Seán Hewitt is reminiscent of Garth Greenwell, Justin Torres and Andre Aciman in the intensity of its evocation of sexual awakening. Set in a remote ...

Just as for his remarkable memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, Sean Hewitt has borrowed the title of his debut novel from another poet, writes Conor Hanratty. The lovesick narrator, James, is prompted by ...

In May 2022, author and poet Seán Hewitt was getting a haircut when an email came through to say that the literary agent Jonathan Williams wanted to speak with him. Williams was not Hewitt’s own agent ...