Blog
Welcome to our blog where you can catch up with the latest news and read guest posts by our writers.
July 30, 2016
Short Story of the Month | ‘The Dig’ by Graham Mort
Our new Short Story of the Month is ‘The Dig’ by Graham Mort, from his newest collection, Terroir, in which past and present intertwine as amateur archeologists dig for answers in an area whose violent, territorial history they know nothing of. About…
July 29, 2016
Friday Poem – ‘Skirrid Fawr’, Owen Sheers
Today marks the start of the National Eisteddfod, this year in Abergavenny, and our Friday Poem talks of an area just a few miles north – Ysgyryd Fawr, or The Skirrid. The poem is taken from Abergavenny poet Owen Sheers’ second collection, Skirrid Hi…
July 29, 2016
Carolyn Jess-Cooke poem shortlisted for The London Magazine Poetry Prize
Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s poem, ‘My Father Shows Me His Bare Knuckles’ has placed among the shortlist for this year’s London Magazine Poetry Prize. To see the winners and the full list of shortlisted poems, visit The London Magazine website. Carolyn Jess-…
July 25, 2016
Aspie-Chromatics | Carol Rumens on Asberger’s, ASC and Poetry
Carol Rumens is the author of sixteen collections of poems, as well as occasional fiction, drama and translation. Here she talks about Asperger’s Syndrome and Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), the misunderstandings and mysteries still surrounding th…
July 22, 2016
Friday Poem – ‘Outcast Hours’, Rhian Edwards
This week our Friday Poem is taken from Rhian Edwards’ dark and sensual debut collection Clueless Dogs. Winner of Wales Book of the Year 2013 Winner of the Roland Mathias Prize for Poetry 2013 Winner of Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice 2013 Sho…
July 22, 2016
Jasmine Donahaye wins Welsh Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award
Jasmine Donahaye’s powerful memoir, Losing Israel, triumphed in the Creative Non-Fiction category against strong competition. The three titles shortlisted for the Open University in Wales Creative Non-Fiction award all, in very different ways, dealt…
July 19, 2016
Aled Rhys Hughes talks to the BBC about what inspired his photography of Mametz Wood
Aled Rhys Hughes has been visiting Mametz Wood, the site of the most significant battle in World War I for Welsh troops, for over five years. The striking contemporary photographs Hughes has taken over this period have just been published in Mametz,…
July 18, 2016
Book Giveaway: win a copy of Masque by Bethany W. Pope
Enter now for the chance to win a copy of Bethany W. Pope’s gloriously gothic novel, Masque. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st August: https://www.serenbooks.com/newsletter/signup About Masque: Masque is a richly goth…
July 15, 2016
Friday Poem – ‘Talking in the Dark’, Christine Evans
This week our Friday Poem is from Christine Evans’ sensitive collection, Growth Rings, which was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2007. This collection from Christine Evans follows well-received ’Selected Poems’. Hers is a persuasive voice, hi…
July 12, 2016
Three poems by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Read these three poems by Carolyn Jess-Cooke in full on the And Other Poems blog. Carolyn’s latest collection is Boom! (Seren, 2014)
July 8, 2016
Friday Poem – ‘The Scarlet Lizard’, Caroline Smith
Last night saw us at Chapter, Cardiff, for July’s First Thursday event and among the readers was Caroline Smith with her new collection, The Immigration Handbook. This week we have a treat for you – you can listen to the Friday Poem being read by the…
July 8, 2016
Jasmine Donahaye’s Losing Israel wins New Welsh Review Best Travel Book Poll
Congratulations to Jasmine Donahaye for winning the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016 Best Travel Book Poll for Losing Israel, a moving and honest account of the author’s relationship with Israel, which spans travel writing, nature writing and memoir. Vo…
