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January 8, 2018
January Sale 2018: Half Price Highlights
The New Year festivities may have been and gone, but here at Seren we’re still celebrating – all our books are half price until midnight Thursday, 11 January. You might wonder, “with so much choice, how will I ever decide what to read next?” And to t…
January 5, 2018
Friday Poem – ‘Giraffe’, Bryony Littlefair
Our Friday Poem this week is the title poem from Bryony Littlefair’s Mslexia Prize-winning debut pamphlet, Giraffe. Poems need head, heart, and soul but this particular pamphlet has an extra ingredient – a feminist kick. There is a good deal of wit o…
January 5, 2018
All our books are half price for one week only
2018 has arrived and with it, our January sale. For one week only, please enjoy 50% off all our books! If you’re a poetry reader, then why not buy a copy of Kim Moore’s award-winning The Art of Falling, and a copy of Paul Deaton’s PBS-recommended deb…
December 21, 2017
Seren & Cornerstone present: Cardiff’s first poetry festival
Seren is thrilled to announce a new winter weekend poetry festival, featuring some of the finest poets of their generation, with readings, films, artwork, music and celebratory lunches at the beautifully restored church venue of Cornerstone in Charle…
December 16, 2017
Short Story of the Month | ‘The Pheasant’, Glenda Palmer Vibert
December’s Short Story of the Month, ‘The Pheasant’, is published in memory of the author, Glenda Palmer Vibert, and is based on a true account of one of her grandfather’s experiences as a poacher in Llanelli. A man faces harsh justice for stealing a…
December 15, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Shapes in Ice’, Ruth Bidgood
Our Friday Poem this week is the delightfully wintery ‘Shapes in Ice’ by Ruth Bidgood, from her New & Selected Poems. Ruth Bidgood’s New & Selected Poems features work from her five early collections, starting with The Given Time (1972) throu…
December 11, 2017
Katrina Naomi is named Poet in Residence at Leach Pottery, St Ives.
It is has just been announced that Katrina Naomi will be poet in residence at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall in 2018. This is the first time that the Leach Pottery, one of the most respected and influential potteries in the world, has held a…
December 8, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘On the Alaskan Peak We’ve Never Climbed’, Yvonne Reddick
This week our Friday Poem is ‘On the Alaskan Peak We’ve Never Climbed’ by Yvonne Reddick, from her debut pamphlet Translating Mountains. Chosen recently as one of Leaf Arnuthnot’s favourite twenty poetry pamphlets in The TLS, Translating Mountains is…
December 5, 2017
Kim Moore wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Kim Moore has scooped up the prestigious Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for her debut collection of poetry, The Art of Falling. The Art of Falling covers everything from Moore’s experiences as a trumpet teacher to her father’s profession as a scaffold…
December 5, 2017
Win a copy of Sax Burglar Blues by Robert Walton
Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Sax Burglar Blues, Robert Walton’s lively and complex new collection of poetry. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st January:https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About Sax Burglar Blu…
December 1, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Followed’, Kim Moore
We are still taking in the news that Kim Moore has won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for The Art of Falling – so we couldn’t help but feature one of Kim’s poems on the blog today. ‘Followed’ is one of the deeply personal central poems which explo…
November 26, 2017
Enjoy free tea, chocolate & free postage with your Seren books this weekend
To combat the mayhem of the Black Friday weekend, we’re offering a dose of relaxation – when you order from our website this weekend we’ll include two samples of Morgan’s Brew signature black tea, and some free chocolate, when we post out your books….
