Blog
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April 7, 2011
Meet the Team
Mick Felton, Publisher Mick Felton has over thirty years experience in publishing and the book trade and has been representing, managing and editing at Seren for many of them. He is a former Trustee of the Poetry Society and has a longstanding intere…
April 6, 2011
David Hurn and John Fuller – Cardiff
David Hurn and John Fuller present Writing the Picture at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Writing the Picture is a rare collaboration between a leading photographer and an eminent poet. Even more rare, it is a collaboration in which the poet responds t…
April 4, 2011
Nia Williams ‘The Colour of Grass’ Book Launch
Join Nia Williams for the launch of her latest novel The Colour of Grass. Who did she think she was? Helen’s family is falling apart. There will be no answers from her husband anymore and she can’t communicate with her grown-up daughter. She’s not su…
April 1, 2011
Nerys Williams
Originally from Pen-Y-Bont, Carmarthen in West Wales, Nerys Williams has published her original first collection of poetry Sound Archive (2011) with Seren. Nerys is a native Welsh speaker and had worked as a Sound Librarian at BBC Wales and is a reci…
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…
