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October 4, 2022
Announcing our 2023-24 poetry list
We announce the poets and poetry books we’re publishing in 2023-24.
September 30, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘The Leech House’ by Rhiannon Hooson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Leech House’ by Rhiannon Hooson from her forthcoming collection Goliat. Goliat is the second collection by Rhiannon Hooson, a follow-up to her Wales Book of the Year nominated debut, The Other City. An intelligent and…
September 26, 2022
An Interview with Clare Morgan
To celebrate publication of her new short story collection Scar Tissue, we interviewed Clare Morgan about her inspiration, writing process and work teaching creative writing. Scar Tissue is the enigmatic new collection of short stories by Clare Morga…
September 23, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Fish. Oh. Fish’ by Judy Brown
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Fish. Oh. Fish’ by Judy Brown from her forthcoming collection Lairs. Lairs brings together something primal and secret – the lair as haven for a wild or feral animal – with the poem framed as a mathematical equation. In th…
September 16, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘The meaning of employable’ by Bryony Littlefair
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The meaning of employable’ by Bryony Littlefair from her forthcoming debut collection Escape Room which will be published on National Poetry Day. Escape Room is the long-awaited debut collection by Bryony Littlefair. This…
September 16, 2022
Coming Soon: The Seren Poetry Podcast
On 6th October 2022 we’re launching The Seren Poetry Podcast.
September 9, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Prayer’ by Grahame Davies
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Prayer’ by Grahame Davies from his collection Lightning Beneath the Sea. Lightning Beneath the Sea is the first collection of poems in English by Grahame Davies, featuring the work that he has honed over the years as he ha…
September 2, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘[ search ]’ by Sammy Weaver
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘[ search ]’ by Sammy Weaver from her pamphlet Angola, America which won this year’s Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize. Angola, America, winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2021, takes its name from a prison in Louisian…
September 1, 2022
Sammy Weaver wins Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize
Weaver’s pamphlet Angola, America immerses us in the frightening world of a prison in Louisiana.
August 26, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Navigation Points’ by Emily Blewitt
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Navigation Points’ by Emily Blewitt from her collection This Is Not A Rescue. In This Is Not A Rescue we are introduced to a poet whose voice is fresh and striking, who writes both forcefully and tenderly about refusing to…
August 23, 2022
Polly Atkin Longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2022
Polly’s collection ‘Much With Body’ is longlisted alongside 20 other titles
August 19, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Case History’ by Christine Evans
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Case History’ by Christine Evans, also from A Last Respect: The Roland Mathias Prize Anthology for Contemporary Welsh Poetry. A Last Respect celebrates the Roland Mathias Prize, awarded to outstanding poetry books by…
