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May 20, 2011
Pascale Petit shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2011
Pascale Petit has been shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2011 for her latest collection What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo. Literature Wales announced the 2011 shortlist in both Caernarfon and Cardiff. Pascale Petit, who was born in…
May 18, 2011
Grahame Davies is guest on ‘All Things Considered’ show – BBC Radio Wales
Seren author Grahame Davies speaks to Roy Jenkins from BBC Radio Wales show All Things Considered, about his new book The Dragon and the Crescent: Nine Centuries of Welsh Contact with Islam. In the early twenty-first century, the relationship between…
May 13, 2011
The Captain’s Tower: Seventy Poets to Celebrate Bob Dylan at Seventy
Finally the day has come! Fresh from the printers – copies of Seren’s new poetry collection – Bob Dylan’s poems have arrived! The collection is available to pre-order from our website -www.serenbooks.com – in anticipation for its release on May 23rd…
May 13, 2011
‘The Captain’s Tower’: St Ives
Tonight, Friday 3rd May, at 8pm there is an event being held at, St Ives Arts Club, Westcotts Quay, St Ives, Cornwall. The three editors, Phil Bowen, Damian Furniss and David Woolley, will be present along with live entertainment. For more informatio…
May 13, 2011
The Captain’s Tower Blog
Editors of The Captain’s Tower: Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at Seventy, Phil Bowen, Damian Furniss and David Woolley, have launched a blog dedicated to the Collection – http://thecaptainstowerdylanbook.blogspot.com All information and events r…
May 13, 2011
Graham Mort’s collection of short stories ‘Touch’ short-listed for the Edge Hill Prize
Graham Mort’s collection of short stories Touch has been short-listed for the Edge Hill University short story prize 2011. Touch includes the Bridport prize winning story ‘The Prince’, which was described by novelist Tracy Chevalier as “..the writing…
May 13, 2011
Seren Authors at the Hay Festival
A whole host of Seren authors will be appearing at this year’s Telegraph Hay Festival from 30th May to 4th June – Gwyneth Lewis, Niall Griffiths, Ken Elias, Ceri Thomas, Paul Henry, Mavis Nicholson, Peter J. Conradi and Grahame Davies. Book your tick…
May 12, 2011
Graham Mort’s collection of short stories ‘Touch’ short-listed for the Edge Hill Prize
Graham Mort’s collection of short stories Touch has been short-listed for the Edge Hill University short story prize 2011. Touch includes the Bridport prize winning story ‘The Prince’, which was described by novelist Tracy Chevalier as “..the writing…
May 11, 2011
John Haynes, Fiona Sampson and Tim Liardet, Lauderdale House, London
Thursday 12th May, 8.00 pm. Three Seren poets will be reading as part of the ‘Four Poets’ event at Lauderdale House in May. John Haynes, Fiona Sampson and Tim Liardet will be joined at the event by Carole Satyamurti. Tickets: £5.00/Concessions: Conce…
May 9, 2011
Bruce Cardwell launches Noteworthy: Images of Welsh Music
Bruce Cardwell launches his latest book Noteworthy: Images of Welsh Music at Pontardawe Arts Cenntre, Swansea. Noteworthy is one man’s view of the acoustic music scene in Wales, illustrated with black and white photography to present the musicians in…
May 6, 2011
Lorraine Bewsey: Olympians and Others exhibition at Cynon Valley and Gallery, Aberdare
Mavis Nicholson will be opening an exhibition of new work by portrait artist Lorraine Bewsey in the Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery in Aberdare at 7.00pm on Friday 6th May. Entitled ‘Olympians and Others’, the exhibition features the first set in a s…
May 5, 2011
First Thursday poetry reading tonight with Nerys Williams
Join Seren at Chapter Arts Centre tonight with guest poet Nerys Williams, who will be reading from her debut collection of poetry Sound Archive. Sound Archive is the strikingly original first collection of poems from Nerys Williams. Using formal stra…
