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May 2, 2019
Maria Donovan; Long-lists, first lines and ‘The Chicken Soup Murder’
We’re incredibly pleased to hear that Maria Donovan has been long-listed for the Hall & Woodhouse DLF Local Writing Prize for her book The Chicken Soup Murder. It’s a huge achievement considering this year the DLF received over 70 entries, and we…
May 2, 2019
Jayne Joso on Child Characters and her New Book; ‘From Seven to the Sea’
Author Jayne Joso has recently been interviewed about how she creates compelling child characters. Her latest book, From Seven to the Sea, features a complex and beautifully written portrait of a seven-year-old girl, Esther. “Children are amazing, th…
April 26, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Borderland’, Christopher Meredith
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Borderland’ by Christopher Meredith. Poems from The Borders is part of Seren’s pamphlet series celebrating the spirit of place. Featured poems range from “the spine of the A470”, through Monmouthshire, over the dramatic…
April 19, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Easter Sunday, Table Mountain’, Graham Mort
With today being celebrated as Good Friday, and the start of the long weekend, we felt our Friday Poem for this week ought to fit the Easter theme. Today we bring you ‘Easter Sunday, Table Mountain’ by Graham Mort, found in his collection Black Shive…
April 17, 2019
Short Story of the Month | ‘A Legend of Flight’, Kate Kelly
Our new Short Story of the Month is ‘A Legend of Flight’ by Kate Kelly. ‘The night you didn’t answer. I tried to call but each time your phone rang for a while, then went to voicemail. I didn’t leave a message. I’d already texted you twice…’ A grou…
April 12, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Tenby Shores’, David Foster-Morgan
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Tenby Shores’ by David Foster-Morgan. Poems from Pembrokeshire is part of Seren’s pamphlet series celebrating the spirit of place. An area of supreme but also disquieting beauty, Pembrokeshire has been the home to saints…
April 5, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘St. David’s Hall’, Peter Finch
This week’s poem is Peter Finch’s surreal night out at ‘St. David’s Hall’. Poems from Cardiff is part of Seren’s pamphlet series celebrating the spirit of place. It opens with a view from the Bay where “the sea wrestles the Severn”. We also find ours…
March 29, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Spring Tide’, Paul Deaton
The clocks jump forward this weekend, signalling the start of British Summer Time – but before that, we have Paul Deaton’s ‘Spring Tide’ as our Friday Poem this week. Paul Deaton’s debut, A Watchful Astronomy, is a book of beautifully clear and power…
March 22, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Armadillo’, Jane Lovell
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Armadillo’ by Jane Lovell, from her Mslexia Prize-winning pamphlet, This Tilting Earth. Jane Lovell’s poems are both beautiful and disturbing. A deep feeling for the natural world is aligned with an acute lyric sensibi…
March 15, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Arcades’, Paul Henry
Our new quartet of regional poetry pamphlets have just arrived, with each celebrating a special place in Wales: its people, landscape, wildlife, and vibrant goings-on. This week our Friday Poem comes from Poems from Cardiff, our tribute to the Capita…
March 8, 2019
Friday Poem(s) – 3 Poems for International Women’s Day
For our celebration of International Women’s Day, we’ve selected not one Friday Poem but three – each offering a different perspective, and each representing a different stage in a woman’s life. ‘Home Birth’ by Carolyn Jess-Cooke, from Boom! T…
March 7, 2019
Short Story of the Month | ‘Flowers’, Emma Timpany
It’s World Book Day today and we have a new story for you to enjoy – Emma Timpany’s ‘Flowers’ is our Short Story of the Month. ‘This is the place: four fields in the shape of a rough parallelogram…’ Searching for a space to plant the seeds of her f…
