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The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside review – last words from an essential poet of our age

This posthumously published final collection confronts mortality, alongside the world’s almost unbearable beauty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2025

‘Luminous’ memoir on art and life named book of the year at national awards

Author Laura Cummings received the top gong during a ceremony in Edinburgh’s Central Hall.

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2024

Erotic Review ‘moving away from the male gaze’ with 80% female contributors

The relaunched magazine’s second issue will also showcase ‘more diverse and inclusive explorations of desire’ and one of the last works by Scottish author John Burnside

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

‘His greatness was matched by his kindness’: remembering John Burnside

Writers Andrew O’Hagan, Sarah Perry and more pay tribute to the celebrated Scottish poet, novelist and memoirist, who died last week aged 69

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

The big picture: Robbie Lawrence’s search for the tartan spirit

The photographer’s shot of girls at the Highland Games was taken during five years visiting traditional gatherings

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Tributes as multi-award-winning Scottish author John Burnside dies aged 69

THE multi-award-winning Scottish poet and novelist John Burnside has died aged 69 ...

The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024

John Burnside, author of Black Cat Bone, dies aged 69

The Scottish writer, whose career spanned more than 35 years, was one of only four people to have won both of the UK’s most prestigious poetry prizes for the same book

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024

John Burnside, Scottish poet and novelist, dies aged 69

Poet was the winner of several awards, including the TS Eliot Prize, the Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

John Burnside: ‘My stoner friends were into The Hobbit, but Gormenghast was darker’

The Scottish author on returning to Rimbaud, his childhood love of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the comforts of 1066 and All That

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work

‘He casts a spell with language of great beauty, power, lyricism and truthfulness’ said judging chair Hermione Lee of the poet and novelist

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023