'An elegant and deeply sensory exploration of darkness in all its forms' Katherine May, author of Wintering
An exhilarating leap into darkness: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland
In her search for a new, more intimate relationship with darkness, acclaimed poet and writer Jean Sprackland confronts some of the deepest - and darkest - questions about who we are and our place in the world.
With glimmering prose that draws on memory and imagination, history and ecology, literature and myth, Night Vision is an expansive, thrilling journey into the true dark.
'Stylish and crammed with memorable details' Robert Crawford, author of Old World
'In this lyrical series of essays, Jean...
Jean Sprackland is the author of five poetry collections, including Tilt, which won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award. She has also published two works of non-fiction, Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach, which won the 2012 Portico Prize, and These Silent Mansions: A Life in Graveyards in 2020. Her forthcoming titles are Night Vision, a non-fiction exploration of darkness, in November 2025, and Goyle, Chert, Mire, her latest poetry collection, in April 2026.
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