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December 15, 2021
Where The Birds Sing Our Names – An Anthology for Tŷ Hafan
All proceeds from the sale of this anthology go to the charity. Buy directly from Tŷ Hafan.
December 10, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘The Calving’ by Ilse Pedler
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Calving’ by Ilse Pedler from her debut poetry collection Auscultation. Ilse Pedler is a veterinary surgeon who works in Kendal. Her debut collection is Auscultation, which means listening and specifically, in medicine,…
December 7, 2021
Robert Walton Highly Commended in the Troubadour International Poetry Prize
This is the second year in a row Robert has been highly commended in the prize.
December 6, 2021
Extract from ‘Just You and the Page’ by Sue Gee
This post features an extract from the opening chapter of Just You and the Page by Sue Gee. Part biography, part memoir, she has interviewed twelve distinctly different writers about their craft. As she examines what has shaped them and their careers…
December 3, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Going to Liverpool’ by Sheenagh Pugh
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Going to Liverpool’ by Sheenagh Pugh from the anthology Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After The Beatles. Congratulations to Paul McCartney’s The Lyrics which won Waterstones Book of the Year 2021. January 1963. ‘Please, Please M…
November 26, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Eva’ by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Eva’ by Carolyn Jess-Cooke from her new collection We Have to Leave the Earth. Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s most recent collection We Have to Leave the Earth deftly interweaves the personal and the political. Climate change is con…
November 25, 2021
Siobhán Campbell wins Listowell Writers Week Poem of the Year
Siobhán won with her poem ‘Longboat at Portaferry’.
November 24, 2021
Seren at 40 – From strength to strength
Earlier this year, we shared an archive article written by our founder Cary Archard in 1981 shortly after Seren, then called Poetry Wales Press, branched out into traditional publishing. In a second post, Cary shared some of the long-lasting friendsh…
November 19, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Bowerbirds’ by Deryn Rees-Jones
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Bowerbirds’ by Deryn Rees-Jones from her collection Erato which was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and Wales Book of the Year. Named after the Greek muse of lyric poetry, Erato combines documentary-style prose narra…
November 15, 2021
Ross Cogan awarded second place in Beaver Trust Poetry Prize
Ross Cogan’s poem ‘Reconsidering’ was awarded second prize.
November 12, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Thirlmere’ by Rhiannon Hooson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Thirlmere’ by Rhiannon Hooson from 100 Poems to Save the Earth. Our climate is on the brink of catastrophic change. 100 Poems to Save the Earth invites us to fine-tune our senses, to listen to the world around us, pay atte…
November 11, 2021
Reading for Remembrance – Armistice Day 2021
Every year, we observe two minutes silence at 11am, on the 11th day of the 11th month to mark the moment The Armistice began in 1918. Today, as we once again take time to remember the sacrifices made by servicemen and women in the armed forces, we’re…
