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March 8, 2023
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023, we’re highlighting a range of titles which explore various thoughts and experiences affecting women’s lives today. Find many more fantastic books written by women on our website. Are You Judging Me Yet? by…
March 3, 2023
Friday Poem: ‘Antipodes’ by Glyn Edwards
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Antipodes’ by Glyn Edwards from his new collection In Orbit. Glyn Edwards’s new collection In Orbit is a sustained narrative of love, loss and longing. Using a variety of innovative forms, these poems explore grief and how…
March 1, 2023
9 Books for St. David’s Day
In celebration of St. David’s Day, here are 9 must-read books by Welsh authors. Welsh Retrospective – Dannie Abse Introduced and edited by Cary Archard, Welsh Retrospective collects poems from the across the career of renowned Welsh writer…
February 27, 2023
Guest Post: Listening to Republic – Nerys Williams
As we publish her new collection Republic, poet Nerys Williams gives us an insight into the music which accompanied its writing. Listening to Republic Writing Republic I found that post punk music of the 80s and 90s became key in an attempt to articu…
February 24, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘FISH’ by Peter Finch
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘FISH’ by Peter Finch. Originally published in The Machineries of Joy (2020), it now features in Volume Two of his Collected Poems which was published in 2022. Peter Finch’s remarkable career spans over fifty years. He has…
February 21, 2023
Recipe: Pancakes with blueberry compote and coconut cream
To celebrate Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Day, we’re sharing this delicious recipe for pancakes with blueberry compote and coconut cream from The Seasonal Vegan by Sarah Philpott. If you’re looking for an in-season alternative to blueberries, why not s…
February 17, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘The way you knew’ by Alison Binney
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The way you knew’ by Alison Binney from her Mslexia award-winning pamphlet Other Women’s Kitchens. Other Women’s Kitchens is Alison Binney’s debut pamphlet of poems and introduces us to a poet who writes with flair and fee…
February 10, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘You and I are ghosts in the future’s forest’ by Rhiannon Hooson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘You and I are ghosts in the future’s forest’ by Rhiannon Hooson from her latest collection Goliat. Goliat is the second collection by Rhiannon Hooson, a follow-up to her Wales Book of the Year shortlisted debut, The Other…
February 3, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘Candlemas’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Candlemas’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams from her new and selected poems The Little Hours. The Little Hours: New and Selected Poems is a landmark volume which collects key poems from the career of Hilary Llewellyn-Williams,…
January 27, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘[ correspondence : another year ]’ by Sammy Weaver
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘[ correspondence : another year ]’ by Sammy Weaver from her pamphlet Angola, America which won the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition. Angola, America, winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2021, takes its nam…
January 23, 2023
Seren partners with Inclusive Journalism Cymru to publish book of non-fiction essays
The essays written by members of Inclusive Journalism Cymru will reflect contemporary life in Wales.
January 20, 2023
Friday Poem – ‘The Winter Park’ by Paul Henry
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Winter Park’ by Paul Henry from his collection As If To Sing. The power of song, to sustain the human spirit, resonates through As if to Sing. A trapped caver crawls back through songs to the sea; Welsh soldiers pack t…
