Named Welsh Small Press of the Year 2025, Seren Books is proud to be the leading independent publisher of English-language writing from Wales. Founded in 1981, we publish exclusively for adults across a range of genres including Welsh Gothic and Welsh literary fiction, true crime, nature writing, place-based non-fiction books about Wales, and award-winning poetry from Wales and beyond.

Our aim is to increase the vibrancy, relevance and reach of Welsh literature by publishing titles which speak to a broad readership and amplify our tradition for both reflecting and challenging contemporary Wales. With a legacy for publishing works of international significance, as well as books which have redefined, enriched and deepened Wales’ cultural identity, our books have received numerous prize nominations and wins including Wales Book of the Year, the Costa Poetry Prize, Forward Prize for Poetry and more.

Meet the team

Photo of Bronwen Price speaking at an event. She has her hair up and is wearing a dark long-sleeved dress.

Bronwen Price

CEO & Head of Editorial & Production

Bronwen is strategic and business lead at Seren Books, with more hands-on oversight of editorial, production and operations. She has developed the new 3-year Business Plan for the company and is working on upgrading the processes, systems and policies to support the business’ future success. Bronwen has a PhD in Archaeology and 20 years of experience in arts management in Wales, having previously been Deputy CEO at both Llenyddiaeth Cymru / Literature Wales and National Theatre Wales. Photo by Matthew Hughes.

Photo of Sarah Johnson standing outside and smiling. She is wearing a white top and black and white spotted jump suit.

Sarah Johnson

Deputy CEO & Head of Marketing & Sales

Sarah overseas our Marketing and Communication Strategy and works closely with our Sales Manager, Simon to promote our books. She’s regularly in touch with all our writers, and pitches forthcoming titles to booksellers and sales reps. Her many day to day responsibilities include running our social media channels, arranging events and sending books out for review. Most of all, she loves finding ways to help our books reach their readers.

Zoë Brigley

Poetry Editor

Zoë Brigley is an award-winning poet, editor and academic. As well as sharing the role of Poetry Editor with Rhian Edwards, she is the editor of Poetry Wales magazine and an Assistant Professor in English at Ohio State University.

Rhian Edwards

Poetry Editor

Rhian Edwards is a multi-award winning poet, and winner of the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry. Her most recent collection The Estate Agent’s Daughter (Seren) followed her debut Clueless Dogs (Seren) which won Wales Book of the Year and was also shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She shares the role of Poetry Editor with Zoë Brigley.

Photo of Simon Hicks standing in a garden and smiling. He is wearing a white t-shirt.

Simon Hicks

Sales Manager

Simon has been at Seren since 1994, working in sales, marketing, design and production. He was previously a copywriter and features editor. He works closely with bookshops in Wales and beyond, and is regularly in touch with literary festivals about events with our authors.

Photo of Jamie Hill standing outside and smiling at the camera

Jamie Hill

Production Manager & Designer

Jamie is our resident design expert. He has a degree in Fine Art from Cardiff Metropolitan University and can often be found on his skateboard in his spare time.

Frances Turpin

Poetry Wales Manager

Frances is the general manager at Poetry Wales. She handles magazine subscriptions, runs events and manages the Poetry Wales competitions. Visit poetrywales.co.uk to find out more.

Board of Directors

Cary Archard (Founder), Duncan Campbell (Chair), Corinne Cooper, Rachel Dawson, Dewi Knight, Patrick McGuinness, Sarah Morse, Taz Rahman, Huw Thomas and Elena Vaughan.