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July 6, 2016
An extract from Boy Running | Wales Book of the Year shortlist
The winners of the Poetry, Non-Fiction and Fiction Categories, and the overall Wales Book of the Year Winner, will be announced in just two weeks. Seren have two titles in the running for the awards, and before we find out the results, we thought you…
July 1, 2016
Friday Poem – ‘All Day It Has Rained’, Alun Lewis
On this day, one of the best-known English-language poets of the Second World War came into the world. Alun Lewis was born on 1 July 1915 in Cwmaman, Wales. A year later, on 1 July 1916, the British Army would see its bloodiest day as The Battle of t…
July 1, 2016
Sacrifices made a century ago: Welsh rugby heroes on the Somme
The coming months will see the commemoration of one of the most notorious battles in history. The Battle of the Somme, fought between July 1st and November 18th 1916, has left an indelible mark on the history of the twentieth century and, for Britain…
July 1, 2016
Carolyn Jess-Cooke wins in the Northern Writers’ Awards
Congratulations to Carolyn Jess-Cooke, whose short story ‘Septembers’ won the Fiction Category of this year’s Northern Writers’ Awards. The awards are held annually by New Writing North to recognise writing talent in the North of England. Judge Euan…
June 29, 2016
Book Giveaway: A Boat Called Annalise
You only have two days left to enter our A Boat Called Annalise book giveaway! Enter now for the chance to win a copy of this beautiful new poetry collection. To enter, simply sign up to the Seren newsletter before 1st July: https://www.serenbooks.co…
June 28, 2016
Six Pounds Eight Ounces Shortlisted for Rubery Book Award
Rhian Elizabeth’s coming-of-age novel Six Pounds Eight Ounces is among those shortlisted for this year’s International Rubery Book Award. The award is the longest established book award based in the UK for independent and self-published books. The ov…
June 28, 2016
Kim Moore Shortlisted for Cumbria/Lakeland Book of the Year
Kim Moore has been shortlisted for the Cumbria/Lakeland Book of the Year with her poetry collection, The Art of Falling. There are 20 books shortlisted with six prizes on offer: The Striding Edge Productions Prize for Guides and Places The Latitude…
June 27, 2016
An extract from Losing Israel | Wales Book of the Year shortlist
The winners of the Poetry, Non-Fiction and Fiction Categories, and the overall Wales Book of the Year Winner, will be announced in just under a month. Seren have two titles in the running for the awards, and before we find out the results, we thought…
June 24, 2016
Friday Poem – Hunting For The Man With Huge Ear Lobes
This week our Friday Poem is taken from Peter Finch’s collection Zen Cymru. Not one for quiet meditations, Finch’s voice in Zen Cymru is: loud, bewildered, satirical, furious, sad, fearful and funny. This is a Wales that missed its revolution in ‘I C…
June 17, 2016
Friday Poem – A Psalm for the Scaffolders
This week’s Friday Poem – published on Father’s Day weekend – is from Kim Moore’s lively debut poetry collection, The Art of Falling. Kim sets out her stall firmly in the North amongst ‘My People’: “who swear without knowing they are swearing… scaffo…
June 16, 2016
What do dads read?
It’s Father’s Day this weekend, and an opportunity for publishers to sell more books to that particular segment of the marketplace. It’s obvious from the annual Father’s Day offerings that Sport is one of dad’s favourite reads – especially if there’s…
