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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…
June 18, 2017
Happy Father’s Day: free Dad joke with every order
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. …
June 16, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Blackbird’, Pascale Petit
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Blackbird’ by Pascale Petit, from her collection Fauverie. Weaving together hardship and beauty, ‘Blackbird’ invokes the image of a bird’s feathers as an abstract comfort in the face of confinement: ‘each number / became…
June 13, 2017
Legend of the Month: Iolo Williams
Each month we are celebrating one fantastic Seren author in honour of Wales’ Year of Legends. This month the spotlight falls on Iolo Williams. Iolo Williams has just returned to our TV screens with Trefi Gwyllt Iolo on S4C and BBC’s Springwatch, wher…
June 12, 2017
Book Giveaway: win a copy of Newspaper Taxis
This month, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, we are giving away a copy of Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After The Beatles. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st July: https://www.serenbooks…
June 12, 2017
Win a copy of Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After The Beatles
Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Newspaper Taxis, an anthology of poems inspired by The Beatles. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st July:https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About Newspaper Taxis:In January 1963…
June 12, 2017
Judy Brown’s Crowd Sensations shortlisted for Ledbury Forte Prize
The shortlist for the inaugural Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize has just been announced, and Seren poet Judy Brown’s collection Crowd Sensations is in the running, alongside five other great collections. In the words of the Ledbury Forte panel, the shortl…
June 2, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Relic’, Katherine Stansfield
To mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on June 1st 1967, our Friday Poem this week is taken from Newspaper Taxis: Poems After The Beatles. Newspaper Taxis collects together poems that showcase the vast an…
May 26, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Song for the Unburied’, Carol Rumens
Our thoughts are with Manchester, and we don’t have words to express our sorrow. In tribute we feature Carol Rumens’ ‘Song for the Unburied’ as this week’s Friday Poem. ‘Song for the Unburied’ is taken from Carol Rumens’ 2008 collection Blind Spots,…
