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December 4, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Nativity’ by Jane Simmons
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Nativity’ by Jane Simmons which is the winner of the 2020 Seren Christmas Poetry Competition. Judge Amy Wack said, “It was tight this year, any one of the shortlisted poems might have pipped it. In the end, I went for the…
December 3, 2020
Announcing the Seren Christmas Poetry Competition 2020 Shortlist
We’re delighted to announce the six poems which have been shortlisted for the Seren Christmas Poetry Competition 2020. The winner will be announced as our Friday poem tomorrow (4th December). ‘The Virgin Adoring The Sleeping Child Christ’ by Ellora S…
November 27, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Weaving with Rushes’ by Sarah Wimbush
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Weaving with Rushes’ by Sarah Wimbush from her debut pamphlet Bloodlines which has just been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Poetry Award 2020. Bloodlines is an exploration of Sarah Wimbush’s own Gypsy/Traveller her…
November 27, 2020
Sarah Wimbush shortlisted for Michael Marks Award
‘Bloodlines’ by Sarah Wimbush has been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Poetry Award 2020.
November 24, 2020
Kim Moore wins Ledbury Poetry Competition 2020
Congratulations to Kim Moore who won first prize in the Ledbury Poetry Competition 2020.
November 24, 2020
Two Seren poets highly commended in Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2020
We’re delighted to hear that Robert Walton and Abeer Ameer have been highly commended in the Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2020.
November 20, 2020
Friday Poem – Fold The River by Philip Gross
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Fold The River’ by Philip Gross from A Fold in the River. A Fold in the River is the fruit of collaboration between T.S. Eliot prize-winning poet Philip Gross and the visual artist Valerie Coffin Price. Philip Gross once l…
November 13, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘I was born within the confines’ by Gabriel Chávez Casazola (translated by Richard Gwyn)
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘I was born within the confines’ by Gabriel Chávez Casazola (Bolivia) translated by Richard Gwyn for the anthology The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America. The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America is…
November 13, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘I was born within the confines’ by Gabriel Chávez Casazola (translated by Richard Gwyn)
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘I was born within the confines’ by Gabriel Chávez Casazola (Bolivia) translated by Richard Gwyn for the anthology The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America. The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America is an a…
November 13, 2020
The Mystery Book Bundles Return
Do you have a fiction or poetry lover in your life but you’re stuck for choice? Don’t worry, the Seren Mystery Book Bundles are back!
November 6, 2020
Celebrating Elaine Morgan on her centenary
Elaine Morgan (1920 – 2013) was a pioneer. Born into a working-class family, she was the first person from her school in Pontypridd to go to Oxford University. She went on to pursue multiple careers, first as an award-winning TV writer, then ant…
November 6, 2020
Friday Poem – Extract from ‘Let Me Tell You What I Saw’ by Adnan Al-Sayegh
This week’s Friday Poem is an extract from Let Me Tell You What I Saw by Adnan Al-Sayegh. Let Me Tell You What I Saw is the first ever publication as a dual-language (English/Arabic) text of substantial extracts from Adnan Al-Sayegh’s ground-breaking…
