Leaving the HillsLeaving the Hills by Tony Curtis is a collection full of stories from everywhere by a great Welsh poet at his best. From the Welsh mountains to the Hollywood Hills, these lyrical poems explore events from both history and modern life, questioning how far weve really progressed. Filled with dramatic monologues and personalities as various as Roger Bannister, Muhammed Ali, Billie Holiday and Claude Debussy, Leaving the Hills is a collection which

the novel follows the disintegration and renewal of a marriage

he’d stooped and sweated

Jason Shulman

Eliot prize

He has written six drama series for TV

When a reality TV show gives her the chance to dance in front of the nation

or wants to be her

a calendar

in 1963 and currently lives in Dublin where he is Editor of the Dedalus Press

only when the book is closed

the secrets we half-keep from ourselves

and his friendship with the great stars like Gracie Fields