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In Defence of Adultery continues Julia Copus's deft handling of love and relationships, as seen in her debut collection The Shuttered Eye. Observing the world as a place defined by our choices, Copus, with her wry logic and musicality, also reveals a tantalising glimpse of what might have been and what could still be. Through childhood memories to the complexities of adulthood, Leontia Flynn's striking debut, These Days, is a search for a way to live a life. Her bittersweet tone offers a fresh insight as she writes about home - Belfast and the north of Ireland - with exact tenderness. She has been chosen as a Poetry Book Society Next Generation poet.