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October 18, 2017
Enter the Seren Christmas Poetry Competition 2017
We are thrilled to announce that entries are now open for Seren’s Christmas Poetry Competition 2017. Submit your Christmas-themed poem now. The 2017 Christmas Poetry Competition is judged by Seren’s Poetry Editor, Amy Wack. You are invited to submi…
October 13, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Drumlins have no personality’, Siobhán Campbell
Our Friday Poem this week is Siobhán Campbell’s ‘Drumlins have no personality’, from her latest collection, Heat Signature. Siobhán Campbell’s poetry is of a strange breed: simultaneously comic and brutal, intelligent and whimsical. In Neil Leadbeate…
October 12, 2017
Short Story of the Month | ‘Let Her Go’ by Maggie Ling
October’s Short Story of the Month is ‘Let Her Go’ by Maggie Ling. Previously an illustrator and cartoonist, Maggie now writes short stories. Her writing has been commended and longlisted by a number of prizes, and published in Unthology, and the Ash…
October 11, 2017
International Day of the Girl 2017 – 8 Books we should All Read
International Day of the Girl is celebrated every year on 11 October in order to bring attention to issues of gender inequality and the barriers girls come up against, from birth to adulthood. Here are eight outstanding books we think everyone should…
October 10, 2017
Two Seren authors shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year
The Wales Book of the Year shortlist has been revealed, and it features not one but two Seren authors. In the running for the Roland Mathias Poetry Award is Rhiannon Hooson’s beautifully resonant debut poetry collection, The Other City, with its shar…
October 9, 2017
Win a copy of Sugar Hall by Tiffany Murray
Enter our giveaway to win a copy of the hardback edition of Sugar Hall, Tiffany Murray’s truly haunting ghost story. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st November:https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About Sugar Hall:Ea…
September 29, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘The Children’s Asylum’, Pascale Petit
This week our Friday Poem is ‘The Children’s Asylum’ by Pascale Petit, which was originally published in The Huntress, and later featured in Tokens for the Foundlings, an anthology inspired by the Foundling Hospital. Established in 1741, The Foundlin…
September 25, 2017
National Poetry Day 2017: Recommended Reads
This year National Poetry Day is taking place this Thursday, 28 September, and the theme is “Freedom”. National Poetry Day is all about enjoying, discovering and sharing poems. With the support of publishers, the Forward Arts Foundation have curated…
September 21, 2017
Legend of the Month: Owen Sheers
Each month we are celebrating one fantastic Seren author in honour of Wales’ Year of Legends. This month the spotlight has fallen on Owen Sheers, whose stunning poetry and fiction are regular Seren bestsellers. Owen Sheers is an author, poet and play…
September 18, 2017
September Book Giveaway: win a copy of Welsh Verse
This month we are giving away a copy of Tony Conran’s milestone of translation, Welsh Verse. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st October: https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About Welsh Verse: Welsh Verse has made a t…
September 15, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Blood Testing Piglets’, Ilse Pedler
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Blood Testing Piglets’ from Ilse Pedler’s debut poetry pamphlet, The Dogs that Chase Bicycle Wheels. Winner of the 2015 Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition, poet Ilse Pedler often writes from her perspective as a working…
September 13, 2017
The Poet and The Artist – R.S. Thomas and Elsi
As the Eglwys Fach R.S. Thomas Literary Festival approaches, we look at the poet’s relationship with his first wife, the artist Mildred ‘Elsi’ Elridge. R.S. Thomas has long been considered one of the greats of Welsh poetry with his bleak but masterfu…
