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Welcome to our blog where you can catch up with the latest news and read guest posts by our writers.
June 30, 2023
An Update from Seren – Interim Management
As you may be aware, Seren Publisher Mick Felton retired on Friday 30th June. As we are still looking to fill the position of Seren CEO, we’re writing to let you know what is going to happen during the next 4-6 months.
June 30, 2023
Kathryn Bevis shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem
Seren poet Kathryn Bevis has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem 2023 for her poem ‘My Body Tells Me She’s Filling for Divorce’.
June 30, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘Unfitting’ by Rachael Clyne
As Pride Month draws to a close, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘Unfitting’ by Rachael Clyne from her collection ‘You’ll Never Be Anyone Else’.
June 23, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘Queer Times’ by SL Grange
To celebrate Pride Month, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘Queer Times’ by SL Grange from their Poetry Wales award-winning pamphlet ‘bodies and other haunted houses’.
June 16, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘My Father’ by Tony Curtis
Ahead of Father’s Day on the 18th June, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘My Father’ by Tony Curtis from his New and Selected Poems From the Fortunate Isles.
June 9, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘Cei Newydd’ by Paul Henry
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Cei Newydd’ by Paul Henry from his Wales Book of the Year shortlisted collection As If To Sing.
June 5, 2023
‘Flamingo’ by Kathryn Bevis shortlisted for Saboteur Awards
Seren poet Kathryn Bevis’s debut pamphlet Flamingo is on the shortlist for the Saboteur Award for Best Poetry Pamphlet 2023.
June 2, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘Animal Eden’ by Zakia Carpenter-Hall
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Animal Eden’ by Zakia Carpenter-Hall from her debut pamphlet Into the Same Sound Twice.
May 31, 2023
Hannah Hodgson longlisted for Lakeland Book of the Year
Seren poet Hannah Hodgson has been longlisted for Lakeland Book of the Year with her debut collection 163 Days.
May 31, 2023
Angela Graham: Sanctuary – A Year On
A year on from publication of her collection Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere, Angela Graham reflects on the creation of this innovative poetry collection and on what she has learned from readings.
May 26, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘When in Recovery’ by Emily Blewitt
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘When in Recovery’ by Emily Blewitt from her collection This is Not a Rescue.
May 24, 2023
Tony Curtis shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize
Tony Curtis has been shortlisted for The Society of Authors Paul Torday Memorial Prize with his debut novel Darkness in the City of Light.
