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September 8, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Miner, Abercynon, 1985’, Duncan Bush
Late last month we were shocked and saddened to learn of Duncan Bush’s passing. This week our Friday Poem is one of our favourites from The Hook. The Hook combines powerful early poems from two of Duncan Bush’s prize-winning collections: Aquarium (19…
September 6, 2017
Polly Atkin chosen as a Gladstone’s Library Writer in Residence
Gladstone’s Library have announced their 2018 Writers in Residence, and the four successful applicants are Polly Atkin, Basic Nest Architecture (Seren, 2017); Rachel Malik, Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves (Penguin Random House, 2017); Cal Flyn, Thick…
September 5, 2017
Win a copy of Tony Conran’s Welsh Verse
Enter our giveaway to win 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 VerseWelsh Verse has made a triumpha…
September 1, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Archaeology’, Robert Minhinnick
September has arrived, but our Friday Poem looks back to August’s Legend of the Month: Robert Minhinnick. ‘Archaology’ is from his sixth collection, Hey Fatman. Hey Fatman is full of the rich, sometimes strange, always telling, detail that is to be e…
August 25, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘The Battle of Gwen Strad’, Taliesin, translated by Tony Conran
Tony Conran’s unrivalled anthology of Welsh poetry through the ages, Welsh Verse, has just returned to print. This week our Friday Poem is Conran’s translation of ‘The Battle of Gwen Strad’, by sixth century poet, Taliesin. Welsh Verse is a milestone…
August 18, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘For a Foot’, Kathryn Gray
This week our Friday poem is ‘For a Foot’ by Kathryn Gray, taken from her 2004 debut collection, The Never-Never. Propelling us from the rain-lashed back-streets and housing estates of Wales, to London, California and beyond, the poems of The Never-…
August 17, 2017
Legend of the Month: Robert Minhinnick
Each month we are celebrating one fantastic Seren author in honour of Wales’ Year of Legends. This month the spotlight falls on Robert Minhinnick – and as a special treat, all his books are 30% off. Robert Minhinnick, born near Neath in 1952, has pub…
August 15, 2017
Paul Deaton’s forthcoming debut named as a Poetry Book Society Recommendation
The Poetry Book Society have just revealed their Winter selections, and we are delighted to announce that Paul Deaton’s forthcoming debut collection, A Watchful Astronomy, has been named as a Recommendation, alongside books by Ahren Warner, Tim Doole…
August 11, 2017
Friday Poem — ‘Self-Portrait with Monkey’, Pascale Petit
This week our Friday Poem is ‘Self-Portrait with Monkey’ by Pascale Petit, taken from her 2010 poetry collection, What the Water Gave Me: Poems After Frida Kahlo. The poems of What the Water Gave Me are narrated through the voice of the twentieth-cen…
August 8, 2017
Feline favourites for International Cat Day
International cat day is the purr-fect time to celebrate man’s true best friends: cats. Here are a few of our favourite feline-centric books. This Is Not A Rescue, Emily Blewitt (£9.99) The author’s much-loved tortoiseshell cat is at the centre of th…
August 7, 2017
Maggie Harris wins third prize, Welsh Poetry Competition
Maggie Harris, poet and author of short story collection Writing on Water, has won third prize in the International Welsh Poetry Competition for her poem, ‘On watching a lemon sail the sea’. See the full list of winners and commended poems on the Wel…
August 4, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Crisscross’, Lynne Hjelmgaard
This week our Friday Poem is ‘Crisscross’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard, taken from her most recent poetry collection, A Boat Called Annalise. The poems of A Boat Called Annalise recall a journey this much-travelled author took on a sailboat to the Caribbean a…
