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August 11, 2016
Four Seren authors at the inaugural Llangwm Literary Festival
The inaugural Llangwm Literary Festival begins tomorrow, and among the many fantastic events in store are three with Seren authors. Taking place in a beautiful former fishing village nestled on the Cleddau, on the edge of the Pembrokeshire Coastal Na…
August 9, 2016
Titles to treat yourself to this National Book Lovers’ Day
Book buying can be a bit of an addiction, but now we all have the perfect excuse to go out and treat ourselves to a new title – it’s National Book Lovers’ Day. Here are our editors’ top ten picks. If you haven’t read them yet, then what are you waiti…
August 5, 2016
Friday Poem – ‘Accent’, Carolyn Jess-Cooke
This week’s Friday Poem is taken from Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s debut collection, Inroads. The opening piece, ‘Accent’ where ‘stowaway inflections and locally-produced slang/have passports of their own’ is a praise poem for the versatility and joy of la…
August 2, 2016
Seren at the National Eisteddfod
Held during the first week of August every year, the National Eisteddfod is a celebration of the culture and language in Wales. The festival travels from place to place, alternating between north and south Wales, attracting around 150,000 visitors a…
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…
