What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

<p>Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments</p><p>I am really excited by <strong>Namanlagh</strong>, the first poetry collection in 10 years from the great Tom Paulin. A tone-perfect meditation on illness and recovery, partnership and writing, violence and historical neglect, it is an absolute cracker. There are subtle nods to Derek Mahon and Seamus Heaney, and many of the poems are filled with a sense of late style and unfinished business.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/02/what-were-reading-writers-and-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-september">Continue reading...</a>