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April 10, 2017
Win a copy of Siobhán Campbell’s Heat Signature
Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Heat Signature, the new collection of poetry from prize-winning Irish poet Siobhán Campbell. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st April:https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About He…
April 8, 2017
Legend of the Month: Ruth Bidgood
Each month we are shining the spotlight on one fantastic Seren author in honour of Wales’ Year of Legends. Our selection for April is the poet Ruth Bidgood. Ruth Bidgood turns 95 this year, and her poetry career spans over five decades. She was born…
April 7, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Newborn’, Graham Clifford
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Newborn’ from The Hitting Game by Graham Clifford. ‘Newborn’ is a disarmingly intimate poem which tenderly describes the ‘unfurling’ of a precious new life, the minute changes in her being, and her otherwordly fragility…
March 31, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Cream teas, Sunday’, Katherine Stansfield
This week our Friday Poem is Katherine Stansfield’s ‘Cream teas, Sunday’, from Playing House. ‘Cream teas, Sunday’ is a sickly-sweet vision of chaos in the pursuit of a cream tea. ‘Stampedes’ of customers interrupt the calm sophistication of a tea ro…
March 31, 2017
Hollie McNish wins Ted Hughes Award 2017
Hollie McNish’s ‘funny and serious, humane and consciousness-raising’ poetry collection, Nobody Told Me, has won the 2017 Ted Hughes Award. The book is a revealing and deeply personal combination of poetry and diary entries, following the author thro…
March 31, 2017
Paul Henry and Meirion Jordan among those receiving Literature Wales Bursaries
Literature Wales has just announced the names of twenty-one writers who will receive a total of £70,000 in Writers’ Bursaries this year, and among the list are Seren writers Paul Henry and Meirion Jordan. As well as supporting new and unpublished wri…
March 24, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Roadkill Season’, Polly Atkin
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Roadkill Season’, from Polly Atkin’s recently released debut, Basic Nest Architecture. A meshing-together of beauty and gore, ‘Roadkill Season’ is almost ritualistic in its depiction of food preparation and feasting. Swe…
March 23, 2017
Win a copy of Maggie Harris’ new short story collection, Writing on Water
Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Writing on Water, the new short story collection by Maggie Harris. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st April:https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About Writing on Water:This is a v…
March 21, 2017
Three Poems for World Poetry Day
In celebration of World Poetry Day, we are featuring three poems by Seren poets, which you can read below. Coinciding with the start of Spring, World Poetry Day is the perfect opportunity for us to brighten up your week with some of our favourite poe…
March 21, 2017
Ritual, 1969 Longlisted for Edge Hill Prize
The longlist for the Edge Hill Prize 2017 has just been announced, with Jo Mazelis’ gothic and uncanny short story collection, Ritual, 1969, featuring alongside forty other titles from both new and established writers, such as Mark Haddon (The Curiou…
March 20, 2017
A literary Mother’s Day Gift: the Writing Motherhood anthology
Today we welcome the arrival of Writing Motherhood, a creative anthology of poetry, interviews and essays by established writers, edited by Carolyn Jess-Cooke. The perfect literary gift for Mother’s Day, Writing Motherhood explores the relationship b…
March 10, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Translating Mountains from the Gaelic’, Yvonne Reddick
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Translating Mountains from the Gaelic’ from Yvonne Reddick’s Mslexia Poetry Prize-winning pamphlet, Translating Mountains. The difficulty and occasional humour of translating language is at the forefront of this poem, ye…
