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February 6, 2017
Win a copy of Significance, Jo Mazelis’ Jerwood Prize-winning novel
Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Jo Mazelis’ award-winning novel, Significance. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st March:https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup Significance was a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize-win…
February 6, 2017
Polly Atkin poem shortlisted for Gregory O’Donoghue Poetry Prize
Poet Polly Atkin’s ‘Hope Cove’, one of the poems in her soon-to-be released debut collection, Basic Nest Architecture, has been shortlisted for the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Prize 2017. Judge Mary Noonan read over 2,200 entries before s…
February 3, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Motherhood’, Carolyn Jess-Cooke
This week our Friday Poem comes from Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s poetry collection Boom!. Boom! is a brilliant contribution to the evolving archive of women’s experience, and its poems range from free-verse riffs on essential moments of joy and blame, to ar…
January 30, 2017
Disturbance by Ivy Alvarez one of Courtney LeBlanc’s Best Books of 2016
Ivy Alvarez’s poetry collection Disturbance has been named by Courtney LeBlanc as one of her best books of 2016, alongside authors such as Stephen King and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. You can see the full list on Courtney’s blog, Word Perv. About Dis…
January 27, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘Her to Apollo’, Carol Rumens
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘Her to Apollo’ by Carol Rumens from her latest collection, Animal People. ‘The title, ‘Her to Apollo’, contains a pun on Hymn to Apollo. I don’t have a particular Hymn in mind; it’s simply an allusion the classical genre…
January 20, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘I know I’ve gone too far when I think of pappardelle with broccoli’, Rosie Shepperd
Today we’re celebrating National Cheese Lovers’ Day with Rosie Shepperd’s gloriously gourmet poem, ‘I know I’ve gone too far when I think of pappardelle with broccoli’, from The Man at the Corner Table. Rosie Shepperd’s debut collection, The Man at t…
January 17, 2017
Short Story of the Month | ‘Spoiled’ by Jaki McCarrick
January’s Short Story of the Month is ‘Spoiled’ by Jaki McCarrick, an award-winning writer of plays, poetry and fiction – including The Scattering, one of our best-selling short story collections. ‘Spoiled’ takes us to Paris, where we see a troubled…
January 16, 2017
Seren awarded 3-year grant from Welsh Books Council
It may be Blue Monday but nevertheless it’s a bright day for new Welsh literature, as Seren, along with four other Welsh publishers, has received a 3-year grant from the Welsh Books Council. The £250,000 grant, shared between Seren, Parthian, Gomer,…
January 13, 2017
Friday Poem – ‘The Soldier’s Song’, Simon Mundy
This week our Friday Poem is taken from More for Helen of Troy, Simon Mundy’s keenly satirical, and often poignantly lyrical collection. The opening, titular sequence is a series of vignettes of the immortal Helen. In some, such as ‘Perfect Nights’,…
January 12, 2017
Top of the Non-Fiction: what to buy in the half price sale
There’s still time to take advantage of our big January sale – which ends midnight, Friday 13th (not such an unlucky day, after all!) All our books are half price, and that includes a gloriously diverse range of non-fiction: everything from biography…
January 10, 2017
Poetry Picks: what to buy in the half price sale
If your bookshelves are looking a bit bare (or even if they’re full to bursting – who are we to judge?) then we hope our half price sale helps you discover new and intriguing collections to add to your ‘must read’ pile. Until midnight this Friday (13…
January 9, 2017
January Giveaway: win a copy of The Other City by Rhiannon Hooson
This month we are giving away a copy of Rhiannon Hooson’s ‘beguiling’ debut poetry collection, The Other City. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st February: https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About The Other City: Rh…
