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October 7, 2011
Seren’s Birthday Bash and Launch of our Lastest Mabinogion Stories
Seren Books celebrates its 30th birthday with the launch of two more books in the ‘New Stories from the Mabinogion’ series on Tuesday 18th October 2011 7pm at Chapter Arts Centre. Fflur Dafydd’s The White Trail is a twenty-first-century quest for lov…
October 5, 2011
Mabinogion Launch and Seren’s 30th Birthday Celebrations
Seren Books celebrates its 30th birthday with the launch of two more books in the ‘New Stories from the Mabinogion’ series on Tuesday 18th October 2011 7pm at Chapter Arts Centre. Fflur Dafydd’s ‘The White Trail’ is a twenty-first-century quest for l…
October 3, 2011
Cafe Writers Open Poetry Competition 2011, Judged by Pascale Petit
Pascale Petit is the sole judge of the Café Writers Open Poetry Competition 2011 Closing date 30th Nov 2011 Prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £300, 3rd £150, Five Commended Prizes of £50 Entries should be sent to: Café Writers Poetry Competition, 168a Silver Rd…
September 27, 2011
Seren: The warmth of the spotlight
This year’s Man Booker long list was notable for its inclusion of first novelists and small publishers. In this piece on the Book Brunch website, Mick Felton, Publisher of Bridgend-based indie Seren, reflects on a sudden appearance on a lot of radars…
September 23, 2011
Wales’s independent bookshops offering 3 for 2 on selected Seren titles
As another way of celebrating Seren 30th, independent bookshops around Wales are participating in a 3 for 2 offer on selected Seren titles. Click on Read More News below to find out what titles are on offer and your nearest bookshop.
September 23, 2011
A FREE read for Seren’s birthday
To celebrate our 30th birthday, we’re giving people in Bridgend Borough the chance to read a Seren book for free.* White Ravens is “a spellbinding fable about male self- destructiveness and the effects of the war on those who return home”. (FT) by aw…
September 21, 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 every…
September 15, 2011
Robert Seatter launches ‘Writing King Kong’ – RADA, London
Join Robert Seatter at the official launch of his latest poetry collection Writing King Kong at RADA in London.Friday September 16th 2011 7pm-9pm The Foyer, RADA, Malet Street, London WC1 7JN Nearest Tube: Goodge Street, Russell Square, Tottenham Cou…
September 9, 2011
You are invited to Seren’s 30th Birthday Party
Seren would like to invite you to help celebrate 30 years of publishing. We are having a street party here at Bridgend on the 1st October 2011. There will be a slice of birthday cake and a soft drink for everyone, also a lucky dip – a free read on us…
September 2, 2011
Tony Curtis signing copies of ‘Real South Pembrokeshire’ – Tenby Bookshop
Tony Curtis will be signing copies of Real South Pembrokeshire at the Tenby Bookshop, Tudor Square, Tenby Saturday 17th September 11am. Poet, and past resident and frequent visitor Tony Curtis roams south Pembrokeshire, from costal resorts of Tenby…
August 24, 2011
Join Seren author Barry Plummer in conversation with Roy Noble
Join Seren author Barry Plummer in conversation with Roy Noble on the recent publication of Evan Walters: Moments of Vision. Waterstone’s The Hayes, Cardiff 1st September 2011 6pm-8pm – refreshments. Evan Walters (1893-1951) is perhaps the great hidd…
July 26, 2011
The Last Hundred Days long-listed for Man Booker Prize 2011
First time novelist Patrick McGuinness is one of the Man Booker dozen on the longlist for the Man Booker Prize 2011 for fiction announced today. The Last Hundred Days a literary spy thriller and novel of place, is set in 1989 Bucharest, in the last d…
