True North

by Fred Johnston

This sixth collection marks a maturity of insight and a strengthening of theme and style for this native Belfast poet. "An entertaining poem.with simple psychic truths."-Kirkus

86 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Fred Johnston (born 1951) is an Irish poet, novelist, literary critic and musician. He is the founder and current director of the Western Writers' Centre in Galway. He co-founded the Irish Writers' Co-operative in 1974, and founded Galway's annual Cúirt International Festival of Literature in 1986.

From the early 1980s to the mid 1990s, Johnston contributed poetry and short stories to the Scottish international literature, arts and affairs magazine, Cencrastus.