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April 26, 2018
Paul Deaton on Therapy, Honesty, and Exiting the ‘Poetry Closet’
This article was originally published in Therapy Today (April 2018) and we thank the editors for granting permission for its reproduction here. ‘Without her mirroring, maybe I’d have stayed in my poetry closet. Her affirmation was the turning point i…
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 17, 2018
Graham Clifford to run Virgin London Marathon for Griffin Schools Trust
Last year the Griffin Schools Trust established a new tradition of a Griffin Schools Trust member of staff running the Virgin London Marathon to raise money for the Trust’s preferred children’s charity of the year. Over £5,000 was raised for the NSPC…
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…
March 12, 2018
Penned Up: Jonathan Edwards writing workshops with HMP Erlestoke inmates
Seren poet Jonathan Edwards, whose debut collection My Family and Other Superheroes won the Costa Prize, will this week be running poetry workshops with the inmates of HMP Erlestoke to promote the importance of literacy. The workshops have been orga…
