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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…

November 6, 2020

Celebrating Elaine Morgan’s Centenary

We celebrate the centenary of Elaine Morgan with the publication of a brand new biography. 

November 5, 2020

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November 4, 2020

Seren Christmas Gift Guide 2020

It comes around every year – the struggle of finding a gift for that hard-to-buy-for family member. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with the Seren Christmas Gift Guide. Refreshed for 2020, we’ve grouped together our top suggestions, old and ne…

October 30, 2020

Friday Poem – ‘The Sea at Aberystwyth’ by Tamar Yoseloff

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Sea at Aberystwyth’ by Tamar Yoseloff from her collection of selected poems A Formula for Night. Tamar Yoseloff is a poet whose career has been profoundly influenced by the visual arts. A Formula for Night: New and Sel…

October 28, 2020

Ed Beech’s Recipe for Orkney Fish Pie

Ed Beech is one half of Beech Building Services. He’s also a keen cook. Today we’re sharing his recipe for Orkney Fish Pie, one of his favourites. Here’s everything you need to organise prep do done. Orkney Fish Pie What you need. A jug of milk. Some…

October 27, 2020

An interview with Angela Graham

Ahead of the launch of her debut short story collection A City Burning, we interview Angela Graham to find out more about the book and what inspires her. In the twenty-six stories in A City Burning, set in Wales, Northern Ireland and Italy, chil…

October 23, 2020

Lucy Gannon introduces The Amazingly Astonishing Story

Award-winning TV writer Lucy Gannon introduces her new memoir The Amazingly Astonishing Story which is published today. By turns laugh out loud funny and deeply sad, The Amazingly Astonishing Story is a frank and surprising look into a child’s tumult…

October 23, 2020

Friday Poem – ‘The Clockwork Crow’ by Catherine Fisher

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Clockwork Crow’ by Catherine Fisher from her collection The Bramble King. The Bramble King is full of darkly resonant tales, ingenious parables, curiously haunted rooms and palaces, and beautifully observed images of t…

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