Land of the Rock

The speaker in the poems that formLand of the Rock: Talamh an Carraigtravels through Newfoundland and Ireland looking for meaning in words, places, and behaviour. Whether the subject is tourists on Fogo Island, conversations on Inis Orr, flora and fauna of the Burren, or accents in Waterford, Nolan translates this sensory data into a narrative of someone seeking a sense of belonging in a lost ancestral culture. InLand of the Rock, the lost utopia of Gaelic Ireland, which is interwoven through Irish writing and consciousness, is reimagined and displaced across the Atlantic. (From Breakwater Books)

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Heather Nolan is a writer and photographer from St. John's. She is the author of the novellaThis is Agatha Falling, which was shortlisted for the ReLit Award.