21st September, 2011

Seren’s 30th Birthday Party Celebrations

Seren would like to invite you to help celebrate 30 years of publishing.

Guest of Honour Dannie Abse.
We are having a street party here at Bridgend on the 1st October 2011, 11am – 4pm.
There will be a slice of birthday cake and a soft drink for everyone, also a lucky dip – a free read on us!
Meet the editors and a few of the Seren authors. We will be selling Seren books at discounted prices. Special offers on a range of food all day from the deli based next door to Seren.
Please feel free to bring along family and friends – the more, the merrier.

Fixed Events throughout the day:

12pm-2pm: ‘Meet the Editor’ (Poetry, fiction and non-fiction). Get advice from Seren editors about your unpublished work – to book your 10 minute time slot please send your name and email address to [email protected] – we will allocate a time for you. Spaces are limited!
12pm-1pm and 2pm-3pm: Open Mic slots. Sign up on arrival and read your poetry, fiction or sing some songs. Mike Jenkins and Robert Minhinnick will also be reading at Open Mic.
3pm Guest of Honour Dannie Abse, to make a speech and a short reading.
Raffle tickets on sale throughout the day some great prizes to win including:
A set of six books from the Seren’s Mabinogion series. Signed by authors Owen Sheers, Russell Celyn Jones, Gwyneth Lewis, Niall Griffiths, Horatio Clare and Fflur Dafydd.
A signed copy of the Man Booker Prize 2011 long-listed title ‘The Last Hundred Days’ by Patrick McGuinness.
This event is supported by Literature Wales www.literaturewales.org
This event coincides with Bridgend town’s annual ‘feastival’ – an alternative food festival http://feastival.moonfruit.com/