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Phases of the waxing and waning moon from crescent to full.

December 1, 2023

Friday Poem – ‘Moon phases as seen from Earth’ by Glyn Edwards

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Moon phases as seen from Earth’ by Glyn Edwards from his collection ‘In Orbit’. You can listen to Glyn talking in depth about the book in episode 3 of The Seren Poetry Podcast Series 2.

Close up photo of a rusty old door locked with a padlock and chain.

November 24, 2023

Friday Poem – ‘Against Blood’ by Katherine Stansfield

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Against Blood’ by Katherine Stansfield from her collection ‘We Could Be Anywhere By Now’.

Photograph of lots of Seren non-fiction titles including Bar 44, The Edge of Cymru and Are You Judging Me Yet lying in a scattered pile surrounded by festive decorations.

November 23, 2023

Seren Non-Fiction Christmas Gift Guide

Welcome to Seren’s Non-Fiction Christmas Gift Guide. Find the perfect gift for avid fans of memoir, essays, the great outdoors and much more. Browse our specially selected titles below, or visit our non-fiction pages for more inspiration.

Photograph of lots of Seren poetry titles including Republic, Twelve Poems for Christmas and The Turpentine Tree lying in a scattered pile surrounded by festive decorations.

November 22, 2023

Seren Poetry Christmas Gift Guide

Welcome to Seren’s Poetry Christmas Gift Guide. Poetry is the ideal gift for lovers of words and stories. Find the perfect gift for any poetry lover by browsing this list of specially curated titles or visiting our poetry pages. 

Photograph of lots of Seren non-fiction titles including Christmas in Wales, Cymru and I and The Confession of Hilary Durwood lying in a scattered pile surrounded by festive decorations.

November 20, 2023

Seren Fiction Christmas Gift Guide

Welcome to Seren’s Fiction Christmas Gift Guide, created to help you find the perfect gift for any fiction lover this festive season. This collection of novels and short story collections are bound to please any fiction fan. You can also browse our f…

Sun reflecting off a puddle of water in a muddy field.

November 17, 2023

Friday Poem – ‘Mametz Woods’ by Owen Sheers

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Mametz Woods’ by Owen Sheers from his collection ‘Skirrid Hill’.

Close up photograph of painted metal railings outside a chapel building.

November 10, 2023

Friday Poem – ‘Y Capel ar Werth’ by Kristian Evans

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Y Capel ar Werth’ by Kristian Evans from the anthology ‘Free Verse: Poems for Richard Price’.

A wooden hairbrush laying on a grey worktop

November 3, 2023

Friday Poem – ‘The Copenhagen Hair Salon’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Copenhagen Hair Salon’ by Lynne Hjlelmgaard from her new collection ‘The Turpentine Tree’.

Black and white photographs of water droplets on a branch

October 27, 2023

Friday Poem – ‘Handsome Weeping Boy’ by Kathryn Gray

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Handsome Weeping Boy’ by Kathryn Gray from her highly anticipated second collection ‘Hollywood or Home’.

Daughter 2. Deryn Rees-Jones. From Burying the Wren.

October 20, 2023

Friday Poem: ‘Daughter II’ by Deryn Rees

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Daughter II’ by Deryn Rees-Jones from her collection Burying the Wren. Deryn’s poem ‘Consider the Lillies’, first published by Modron Magazine, was recently Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry.

Close up photo of a child's holding onto their parent's hand with the sun flaring over the image.

October 6, 2023

Friday Poem – ‘Tower’ by Vanessa Lampert

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Tower’ by Vanessa Lampert which was recently highly commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry. The poem is published in her debut collection Say it With Me.

September 29, 2023

Guest Post: Shaping ‘The Shape of Her’ – Anne Lauppe-Dunbar

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