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July 11, 2017
Short Story of the Month | ‘Swimming’ by Katie Munnik
July’s featured Short Story of the Month is ‘Swimming’ by Katie Munnik. Katie is a Canadian writer living in Cardiff whose prose, poetry, creative non-fiction and reviews have appeared in several magazines and anthologies; her first collection of sho…
July 11, 2017
Dark Mermaids shortlisted for Rubery Award
Anne Lauppe-Dunbar’s absorbing debut novel Dark Mermaids has been shortlisted for the 2017 International Rubery Book Awards, fiction category. Set one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dark Mermaids follows West Berlin police officer Sophia, wh…
July 7, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘To a Comrade in Arms’, Alun Lewis
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘To a Comrade in Arms’, by our featured Legendary Author of the month, Alun Lewis. ‘To a Comrade in Arms’ was originally published in Lewis’ first collection Raiders’ Dawn, which appeared during his period of service in B…
July 6, 2017
An Interview with Polly Atkin
From nature, to places we call home and poetic inspiration – today we talk to Polly Atkin about her debut collection, Basic Nest Architecture. Polly Atkin lives in Cumbria. Her debut poetry pamphlet bone song (Clitheroe: Aussteiger, 2008) was shortli…
July 4, 2017
Legend of the Month: Alun Lewis
Each month we are celebrating one fantastic Seren author in honour of Wales’ Year of Legends. This month the spotlight falls on Alun Lewis. Alun Lewis, the remarkable Second World War writer, died aged twenty-eight in Burma during the Second World Wa…
July 3, 2017
Tony Bianchi dies aged 65
We are saddened to have the news that author Tony Bianchi has passed away. A novelist in Welsh and English, a cultural commentator and administrator of rare clarity and incisiveness, Tony’s contribution to the literatures of Wales will be long rememb…
July 3, 2017
Win a copy of The Women of Versailles
Enter our giveaway to win a copy of The Women of Versailles, Kate Brown’s timeless and addictive debut novel. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st August:https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About The Women of Versail…
June 30, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Waking in Picardy’, Graham Mort
This week we welcomed the publication of Graham Mort’s masterly tenth collection, Black Shiver Moss, and so today as Friday Poem we feature ‘Waking in Picardy’, the opening poem from this brand new collection. New places are made familiar by the vivi…
June 30, 2017
Announcing the Myths & Legends Astronomy Tour of Wales
With it being Wales’ Year of Legends, what better time could there be to discover the rich mythological history of our land? Martin Griffiths’ new astronomy book, Dark Land, Dark Skies, does just that – and now Martin is getting ready to tour Wales w…
June 29, 2017
Announcing the Myths & Legends Astronomy Tour of Wales
With it being Wales’ Year of Legends, what better time could there be to discover the rich mythological history of our land? Martin Griffiths’ new astronomy book, Dark Land, Dark Skies, does just that – and now Martin is getting ready to tour Wales w…
June 23, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Kinetic Melodies’, Nerys Williams
This week our Friday Poem is Nerys Williams’ ‘Kinetic Melodies’, from her award-winning debut collection, Sound Archive. Winner of the DLR Strong Award and shortlisted for both the Forward Prize and the Michael Murphey Prize, Nerys Williams’ Sound Ar…
June 18, 2017
Happy Father’s Day
To all Dads, Grandads and those soon-to-be: we wish you a very happy Father’s Day. In celebration, we are happy to announce that all orders placed on our website in the next week will come with a complimentary ‘Dad joke’ to add to your collection. Mu…
