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June 27, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘The View’ by Sheenagh Pugh
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The View’ by Sheenagh Pugh from her collection ‘Afternoons Go Nowhere’.
June 20, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘Love is lonelier than solitude’
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Love is lonelier than solitude’ by Sue Hubbard from her collection ‘God’s Little Artist’.
June 13, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘For the Drag Queen Who Lives in My Building’ by Emily Cotterill
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘For the Drag Queen Who Lives in My Building’ by Emily Cotterill from her collection ‘Significant Wow’.
June 6, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘A Pond for All Eels’ by Taz Rahman
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘A Pond for All Eels’ by Taz Rahman from his collection ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’.
May 30, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘Hawthorn’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Hawthorn’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams from her collection ‘The Little Hours: New and Selected Poems’.
May 29, 2025
Kathryn Bevis shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Prize
Kathryn Bevis’ debut collection ‘The Butterfly House’ has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize 2025.
May 23, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘Minutiae’ by Rosalind Hudis
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Minutiae’ by Rosalind Hudis from her collection ‘Restorations’.
May 16, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘Church of the Sunday Long Run’ by Ben Wilkinson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Church of the Sunday Long Run’ by Ben Wilkinson from his collection ‘Same Difference’.
May 14, 2025
Guest Post: Jo Mazelis on how Fanny Imlay inspired her novel ‘The Forger’s Ink’
In today’s guest blog, Jo Mazelis reflects on what we know about Mary Shelley’s half-sister, Fanny Imlay, and why she finds her story fascinating.
May 12, 2025
Introducing our CEO Bronwen Price
Anyone familiar with our work, will likely already recognise Bronwen’s name, as she first joined Seren Books as Interim CEO in January 2024 having been seconded from our Board. Under her leadership in the last 18 months, we’ve created a new three-yea…
May 9, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘The Sentry’ by Alun Lewis
In honour of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Sentry’ by Alun Lewis from his ‘Collected Poems’.
April 25, 2025
Friday Poem – ‘Sleeping in a Shaking City’ by Cath Drake
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Sleeping in a Shaking City’ by Cath Drake from her collection ‘The Shaking City’.
