Sean Hewitt for Open, Heaven

THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER
DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE LONGLIST 2026

'It made my heart hurt in the best ways' HELEN MACDONALD

'Hewitt writes with such tenderness and grace' ANNE ENRIGHT

'Desire, yearning, fear... Intensely vivid' IRISH TIMES

'Gorgeous... Piercing, intimate and euphoric' COLIN WALSH

'Sean Hewitt is the real deal' BENJAMIN MYERS

Join us to celebrate the paperback release of Sean Hewitt's remarkable debut novel, Open, Heaven.

When James meets Luke, everything changes - an exhilarating tale of hidden desire and sudden freedom in the wild countryside.

James dreams of another life far away from his small village. Almost an adult, his newfound desires threaten to unravel his shy exterior. Then he meets Luke. Unkempt and handsome, charismatic and impulsive, he has been sent to stay with his aunt and uncle on a nearby farm.

With the passing seasons, a bond emerges between them that transforms their lives. Yet James is never sure of Luke's true feelings and as the end of summer nears, he has a choice to make: will he risk everything for the possibility of love?

Sean Hewitt was born in 1990. He is the author of two poetry collections, Tongues of Fire and Rapture's Road, and a memoir, All Down Darkness Wide. He collaborated with the artist Luke Edward Hall on 300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World. Hewitt has received the Laurel Prize and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. He lectures at Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.