"An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterised by a lyrical, dreamy intensity."
The Guardian

A celebrated winner of fiction's Orange Prize, Helen Dunmore is as spellbinding a storyteller in her poetry as in her novels. As in her fiction, these haunting narratives draw us into darkness, engaging our fears and hopes in poetry of rare luminosity. Her poems also cast a bright, revealing light on the living world, by land and sea, on love, longing and loss.

Out of the Blue presents a comprehensive selection from her seven previous books of poetry. It also includes a collection of completely new poems remarkable for their sensuous magic, sharp delicacy and sureness of touch.

"One of this country's finest literary talents."
Daily Telegraph

"Dunmore gets a wonderful balance between delicate, exact, surprising language and very strong thought ñ which may be bitter, sardonic, or violent, tender, or wildly imaginative, but is always generousÖ A lovely poetic electricity runs through her poems."
Sean O'Brien & Ruth Padel, Poetry Book Society Bulletin

"This is a poet whose words can be savoured on the tongue."
Iain Crichton Smith, Glasgow Herald