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June 28, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Limousin, Lascaux’ by Jane Lovell
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Limousin, Lascaux’ by Jane Lovell, which appears in her pamphlet This Tilting Earth, winner of the 2018 Mslexia and Poetry Book Society Women’s Pamphlet Prize. In This Tilting Earth, Jane Lovell’s poems are both beauti…
June 25, 2019
Maria Donovan Shortlisted for Hall & Woodhouse DLF Writing Prize
We are delighted to hear that Seren author Maria Donovan has been shortlisted for the Hall & Woodhouse DLF Writing Prize. The prize, which runs as part of the Dorchester Literary Festival, carries on the festival’s long tradition of celebrating and i…
June 21, 2019
Jonathan Edwards wins the People’s Choice Award at Wales Book of the Year
In a ceremony held on then 20th June 2019, it was announced that poet Jonathan Edwards has captured the imagination of the public, once again, to win the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award with his latest collection Gen.
June 17, 2019
Short Story of the Month | ‘The Purging’ by Drew Martyn
Our new Short Story of the Month is ‘The Purging’ by Drew Martyn. ‘One cloud and a couple of vapour trails lazed against a heat-paled blue sky and a warm afternoon slid slowly into evening; I was aware of none of it. I was seventeen and cool,…
June 17, 2019
Jonathan Edwards shortlisted for the Gladstone’s Library Writers in Residence Award
We are delighted to hear that Seren poet Jonathan Edwards has made the shortlist for the prestigious Gladstone’s Library Writers in Residence award with his latest collection ‘Gen’, one of 12 titles to be selected from a pool of over 60 entries from…
June 14, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Boom!’ by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Boom!’ by Carolyn Jess-Cooke, the title poem from her collection of the same name, and appears in the anthology Writing Motherhood. A celebration of parenthood, the poems chronicle all the ups and downs of raising a family…
June 11, 2019
‘A Simple Scale’ by David Llewellyn longlisted for the Polari Book Prize 2019
At an event held at the Southbank Centre on the 10th of June, the longlists for the 2019 Polari Prizes were announced and Seren author David Llewelyn is amongst the names in contention for the new Polari Book Prize with his novel ‘A Simple Scale’.
June 7, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘The Glass King of France’ by Sheenagh Pugh
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘The Glass King of France’ by Sheenagh Pugh, from her latest collection Afternoons Go Nowhere. A fascination for history, both as a source of human drama and a field for artful speculation, characterises this collection o…
May 31, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘The Owl Husband’ by Deryn Rees-Jones
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘The Owl Husband’ by Deryn Rees-Jones, which appears in her collection Erato. Named after the Greek muse of lyric poetry, Erato combines documentary-style prose narratives with the passionate lyric poetry for which Rees-J…
May 24, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Luminosity’ by Rhiannon Hooson
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Luminosity’ by Rhiannon Hooson, which appears in her collection The Other City, and Poems from the Borders pamphlet. Rhiannon Hooson is a gifted young poet born in mid-Wales and currently living in the Welsh Marches. The…
May 10, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Starlings’, Catherine Fisher
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Starlings’ by Catherine Fisher, from The Bramble King. The Bramble King is full of darkly resonant tales, ingenious parables, curiously haunted rooms and palaces, and beautifully observed images of the natural world. A p…
May 3, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Beach Colours’, Faith Ford
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Beach Colours’ by Faith Ford. Poems from Snowdonia is part of Seren’s pamphlet series celebrating the spirit of place. The dramatic mountain ranges of the Snowdonia National Park take centre stage here, with their craggy…
