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January 9, 2019
Veganuary: Tips & vegan recipes from Sarah Philpott
Forget the January blues – in recent years this cold and gloomy month has instead brought cooking inspiration and healthy eating ideas as ‘Veganuary’ has taken off. What is Veganuary? Whether you’re new to the vegan diet or you’ve dabbled before, the…
January 8, 2019
Gen: An Interview with Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards’ debut collection, My Family and Other Superheroes, was a triumph: shortlisted for the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and winner of the Costa Poetry Award 2014. Jonathan now returns with his wonderful second collection, Gen….
January 4, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Telling the bees’, Katherine Stansfield
This week our Friday Poem is a new work by Katherine Stansfield, ‘Telling the bees’. ‘Telling the bees’ is a touching memorial to Christian Brown OBE, co-founder of the Seren Cornerstone Poetry Festival. The poem weaves together memories with the ima…
April 17, 2018
Siobhán Campbell video poem funded by British Council Northern Ireland
Siobhán Campbell’s ‘When all this is over’ is one of three poems that has been recorded to video with funding from British Council Northern Ireland, as part of the Peace and Beyond Conference in Belfast commemorating twenty years since the Good Frida…
April 13, 2018
Friday Poem — ‘Laika’, Claire Williamson
Tomorrow marks sixty years since the conclusion of the Sputnik 2 spacecraft mission that carried Laika, the first dog and living creature to orbit Earth, into space. In commemoration of the historic dog, who tragically did not survive the mission, ou…
April 6, 2018
Friday Poem – ‘The Hatching’, Rhian Edwards
Spring has just arrived and so our Friday Poem this week is ‘The Hatching’ by Rhian Edwards – a decidedly alternative portrait of new life. Taken from Edwards’ multi award-winning debut, Clueless Dogs, ‘The Hatching’ places us in claustrophobic darkn…
March 30, 2018
Friday Poem – ‘Easter Sunday, Table Mountain’, Graham Mort
It’s Good Friday today and the start of the blissfully long Easter weekend. In celebration, our Friday Poem is ‘Easter Sunday, Table Mountain’ by Graham Mort, from Black Shiver Moss. This transportive poem will sweep you – at all angles – through unf…
March 27, 2018
Emily Blewitt awarded Literature Wales Bursary
Seren poet Emily Blewitt is among the 25 writers who have been awarded Literature Wales Writers’ Bursaries for 2018.
March 23, 2018
Friday Poem – ‘As we live’, Martyn Crucefix
This week as our Friday Poem we have ‘As we live’ by Martyn Crucefix, from his latest collection, The Lovely Disciplines. A second-hand book proves to be the window into another’s world in ‘As we live’, which picks apart a scrawled shopping list to c…
March 21, 2018
Recipe & Interview with Sarah Philpott – The Occasional Vegan Blog Hop
Today marks the beginning of The Occasional Vegan blog hop – two weeks of recipes, giveaways, reviews and articles from some of the UK’s best foodie blogs. To kick things off we have an interview with author Sarah Philpott, and a free recipe – Kentu…
March 16, 2018
Friday Poem – ‘Why islanders don’t kiss hello’, Siobhán Campbell
Tomorrow many of you will be celebrating Ireland’s foremost patron saint, and so today we feature Irish poet Siobhán Campbell’s witty rumination on cultural customs, ‘Why islanders don’t kiss hello’. Taken from Campbell’s most recent collection, Heat…
March 15, 2018
The Occasional Vegan – Blog Hop
Today marks the official release of Sarah Philpott’s The Occasional Vegan and to celebrate we are hosting a blog hop – two weeks of content from some of the UK’s best foodie blogs. What is a blog hop? A blog hop is when group of bloggers all…
