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April 1, 2011

WIN a proof copy of Tony Bianchi’s ‘Daniel’s Beetles’

We are giving away 5 proof copies of Tony Bianchi’s latest novel Daniel’s Beetles, 10 weeks before official publication. Daniel’s Beetles is the author’s translation of his prizewinning Welsh novel, Pryfeta. Daniel’s Beetles is an absorbing, unnervin…

April 1, 2011

Carrie Etter Reading, Manchester

Wednesday 6th April 2011, 7 p.m. The Other Room reading series with Carrie Etter, Ken Edwards, Alec Finlay, and, by live stream, Derek Henderson, The Old Abbey Inn, 61 Pencroft Way, Manchester M15 6AY. Free admission. Find out more about Carrie Etter…

April 1, 2011

Carrie Etter

Originally from Normal, Illinois, Carrie Etter lives in Bradford on Avon and teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University. Read Carrie’s blog atwww.carrieetter.blogspot.com Her debut collection for Seren, The Tethers, won the London Festival Fring…

April 1, 2011

Pascale Petit at Bath Spa University

Poet Pascale Petit will be reading her poetry on Monday 11th April, 8pm, at Bath Spa University Stand Up Poetry Series reading. The Duncan Room, Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institution, Queen’s Square, Bath BA1 2HN. Entrance £7.50 (£5 concs)….

April 1, 2011

Pascale Petit

Pascale Petit was born in Paris, grew up in France and Wales and lives in London. Her latest collection What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo(Seren, 2010) was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and was a Book of the year in the Observer. Bl…

April 1, 2011

Ruth Bidgood, Reading at Oriel Davies Gallery

Friday 1st April, 7 pm. Ruth Bidgood will be reading at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown with Jan Fortune-Wood.-Ruth’s most recent collection Time Being is shortlisted for the Roland Mathias Prize. Find out more about Ruth Bidgood the poet and her publi…

March 31, 2011

Make Mother’s Day extra special with a Seren title

Make Mothering Sunday special with some of Seren’s favourite titles: Fiction Mavis Nicholson – What Did you Do in the War, Mummy? or Martha Jane & Me Zillah Bethell – Le temps des cerises & Seahorses are Real Poetry Carolyn Jess-Cooke – Inroads (Shor…

March 30, 2011

Graham Mort ‘Touch’ longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize

Graham Mort’s book of Short Stories Touch, has been longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Touch, which was published by Seren in 2010, is on this year’s long-list with an impressive range of award-winning writers. Touch includes a Bridport…

March 30, 2011

Graham Mort ‘Touch’ longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize

Graham Mort’s book of Short Stories Touch, has been longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Touch, was published by Seren in 2010, is on this year’s long-list with an impressive range of award-winning writers. Touch includes a Bridport prize-…

March 29, 2011

Pascale Petit at Cheltenham Poetry Festival

Pascale Petit will be reading from What the Water Gave Me, at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. A poetry collection containing fifty-two poems in the voice of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Some of the poems are close interpretations of Kahlo’s work,…

March 25, 2011

Bruce Cardwell

Bruce Cardwell’s connection with horses goes back to his childhood in Ireland.  A long career in the world of the horse includes work with organisations as various as William Hill and the National Trust, a stud farm in the Cotswolds, a millionaire’s…

March 25, 2011

‘Noteworthy’

Noteworthy Author: Bruce Cardwell Music makers are the focus of Bruce Cardwell latest book of black and white reportage and portrait photography. Practitioners of acoustic and vocal music – folk, gospel, opera, choral, classical and ethnic – in Wales…

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