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November 7, 2011
‘Heads Held High’ Wales’ Rugby World Cup 2011 journey in pictures
Heads Held High: Wales’ Rugby World Cup 2011 Foreword by Phill Bennett, Afterword by Max Boyce For two weeks in October, Wales held its breath. In the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, the Wales team had negotiated a difficult qualifying group to reac…
October 28, 2011
Seren authors at The Dylan Thomas Festival
Monday 7th November 9pm: Patrick McGuinness and Richard Gwyn in discussion. Celebrated poet Patrick McGuinness’s debut novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011 with his debut novel The Last Hundred Days. Poet and novelist Richard Gwyn’s mos…
October 20, 2011
Catherine Fisher named Young People’s Laureate
Catherine Fisher, Seren poet and author of award winning fantasy novels for children, has been named Wales’ first Young People’s Laureate. Literature Wales said the Young People’s Laureate post is the first of its kind in the UK and aims to inspire y…
October 19, 2011
Forthcoming Events
Wednesday 19th October 7pm: Horatio Clare continues the Mabinogion launch in Crickhowell. Horatio will read from The Prince’s Pen The Bear Hotel, Crickhowell. Thursday 20th October 6.30pm: Tony Bianchi and Grahame Davies discuss the art of translatin…
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…
