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July 24, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Soundings, Newtown’ by Katherine Stansfield
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Soundings, Newtown’ by Katherine Stansfield from her new collection We Could Be Anywhere By Now. In her second collection, We Could Be Anywhere by Now, Katherine Stansfield brings us poems about placement and displacement…
July 17, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘The Bramble King’ by Catherine Fisher
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Bramble King’, the title poem from Catherine Fisher’s most recent collection. It was great to hear Catherine read from The Bramble King at our Virtual Open Space event with Cardiff Hubs & Libraries last night. The Br…
July 10, 2020
Guest post: Sarah Philpott introduces us to ‘The Seasonal Vegan’
Today, we publish Sarah Philpott’s much-anticipated new book The Seasonal Vegan, and who better to introduce it than the author herself. The Seasonal Vegan by Sarah Philpott is a kitchen diary of seasonal recipes with a delicious mixture of fine food…
July 10, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘here we come’ by Zoë Skoulding
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘here we come’ by Zoë Skoulding which is part of the longer, multi-part poem ‘Heft’. ‘Heft’ makes up the middle part of Zoë latest collection Footnotes to Water which has just been shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 202…
July 3, 2020
Friday Poem – ’Jürgen Klopp‘ by Ben Wilkinson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Jürgen Klopp’ by Ben Wilkinson, a new poem written to celebrate Liverpool FC winning the Premier League for the first time in 30 years. Way More Than Luck is the vivid debut collection of well-known poet and critic Ben Wil…
July 2, 2020
Two Seren titles on the Wales Book of the Year Shortlist
Both Deryn Rees-Jones and Zoë Skoulding have been shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2020 in the poetry category.
July 1, 2020
Help Poetry Wales fundraise for the Wales Young Poets Award
Poetry Wales are raising money to set up a new bilingual competition and anthology for young people aged 10-17 across Wales and the UK, but they need your help. In order to run the Wales Young Poets Award, which will be free to enter and have a theme…
July 1, 2020
Help Poetry Wales fundraise for the Wales Young Poets Award
Poetry Wales are raising money to set up a new bilingual competition and anthology for young people aged 10-17. Find out how you can help, or donate.
June 26, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Just About Now’ by Judy Brown
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Just About Now’ by Judy Brown from her collection Crowd Sensations. Judy is joining us at virtual First Thursday next week to read alongside Katrina Naomi. Find the full details here. Crowd Sensations, Judy Brown’s second…
June 26, 2020
Polly Atkin awarded Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry 2020.
We are delighted to hear that Polly Atkin has been awarded a Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry.
June 24, 2020
Short Story of the Month – ‘Sugarcane for My Sweetheart’ by Maggie Harris
Our new Short Story of the Month is ‘Sugarcane for My Sweetheart’ by Maggie Harris which features in her short story collection Writing on Water. Maggie Harris’ short story collection Writing on Water is informed by the Caribbean, where she was born…
June 22, 2020
Celebrating Independent Bookshop Week
As bookshops in Wales and England begin to reopen, we wanted to remind you of how you can support your local indie bookshop this Independent Bookshop Week. Buy a book Many indie bookshops are working harder than ever to get books out to customers dur…
