16th December, 2013

News from the Seren Christmas Pop- Up Shop

Have you left your Christmas shopping to the last possible moment? Don’t worry! Our pop-up shop in Castle Arcade, Cardiff is open until Christmas Eve for all your last minute shopping needs. We have great offers in store including 3 for 2 on selected titles, £5 off beautiful art books and 10% off if you know our secret code word (not so secret if you follow us on Facebook and Twitter).
Perhaps you’d just like to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the last minute shopping crush. This week Peter Finch, Grahame Davies, Damian Walford Davies, Dai George and Parthian author Rachel Trezise will all be in store. Join us for poetry, stories, mince pies and mulled wine.
Author Events @ The Seren Christmas Pop Up Shop

Monday 16th December – Grahame Davies, 11am
Grahame will be stopping by the shop at 11am on the 16th for a meet and greet. Grahame is the author of several books including, The Dragon and the Crescent, Everything Must Change, Real Wrexham, The Chosen People and Lightning Beneath the Sea as well as co-editing The Big Book of Cardiff with Peter Finch.

Wednesday 18th December – Peter Finch, 2pmReal Cardiff  series author Peter Finch will be reading from his latest book Edging The Estuary, leading us on a journey from Maisemore to Worms Head on Gower, taking in villages and cities, power stations and fishermen, castles and caravans, leg-aching walks and deckchairs on the beach, along some of the most beautiful coastline in Britain,
 
Friday 20th December Damian Walford Davies, 11amDamian will be signing copies of his latest poetry collection Witch. With the narrative pull of a novel and the vibrancy of a play for voices. Witch offers a thrilling portrait of a Suffolk village in the throes of the witchcraft hunts of the mid-seventeenth century.

Saturday 21st December – Dai George, 2pm
Dai George will be calling in to the pop up shop at 2pm. His brilliant début poetry collection, The Claims Office, mixes straightforward narrative with elaborate and strange textures and imagery. This rich surface is undercut by an interesting attitude: a mix of rebellious energy and unflinching satire. His ‘nature’ poems are often anti-nature poems, there are lively pieces about London and New York and skewed love poems.