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October 23, 2020
Jaki McCarrick Shortlisted for An Post/ Writing.ie Short Story Competition 2020
Jaki McCarrick has been shortlisted for the 2020 An Post/ Writing.ie Short Story Competition.
October 16, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Autumn’ by Rhiannon Hooson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Autumn’ by Rhiannon Hooson from her collection The Other City. Rhiannon Hooson’s debut collection The Other City was shortlisted for the Roland Mathias Prize. Sharply focused, beautifully resonant, and deeply felt, these…
October 13, 2020
The Seren Christmas Poetry Competition Returns!
Yes you read that right, we’re already thinking about Christmas! We’re excited to announce the return of our annual Christmas Poetry Competition. With only three months left until the big day, it’s time to put on your festive thinking caps and s…
October 12, 2020
The Seren Christmas Poetry Competition returns!
Our annual Christmas Poetry Competition returns for 2020.
October 9, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘In the Welsh National Museum’ by Dannie Abse
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘In the Welsh National Museum’ by Dannie Abse from his collection of selected poems Welsh Retrospective. Welsh Retrospective is a selection of poems about his native Wales by one of Britain’s most popular poets. Dannie Abse…
October 8, 2020
Tribute to Emyr Humphreys
Seren publisher Mick Felton pays tribute to great novelist Emyr Humphreys, who died on 30 September, at the age of 101.
October 2, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Counting Boards’ by Rhian Edwards
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Counting Boards’ by Rhian Edwards from her latest collection The Estate Agent’s Daughter. The Estate Agent’s Daughter is the eagerly awaited follow up to Rhian Edwards’s Wales Book of the Year winning debut collection Clue…
September 25, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘The Calling Basket’ by Sarah Wimbush
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Calling Basket’ by Sarah Wimbush from her pamphlet Bloodlines which won the Mslexia/ PBS Women’s Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2019. Bloodlines is an exploration of Sarah Wimbush’s own Gypsy/Traveller heritage, a journey made…
September 18, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘London, Forever Tired in Your Arms’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘London, Forever Tired in Your Arms’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard from her collection A Second Whisper. A Second Whisper is Lynne Hjelmgaard’s moving new collection in which she looks back upon her life in New York, Demark, The Car…
September 14, 2020
Caroline Smith’s ‘The Immigration Handbook’ now available in Italian
The Immigration Handbook by Caroline Smith is now available in Italian.
September 14, 2020
Cath Drake and Tamar Yoseloff Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes
We are delighted that both Cath Drake and Tamar Yoseloff have been highly commended in this year’s Forward Prizes.
September 11, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Little Black Dress’ by Tamar Yoseloff
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Little Black Dress’ by Tamar Yoseloff from her collection The Black Place. Tamar was one of two Seren poets highly commended in this year’s Forward Prizes and her poem ‘The Black Place’ is featured in the Forward Book of P…
