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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…
June 11, 2016
Gloriously gothic book launch: Bethany W. Pope in Cardiff
Join us for a night of gothic romance as Bethany W. Pope reads from Masque, her rich and psychological re-telling of Gaston Leroux’s classic, The Phantom of the Opera. The event is at the new Octavo’s Book Cafe & Wine Bar in Cardif Bay, Wednesday…
June 10, 2016
Friday Poem – Darling, Would You Please Pick up those Books?
This week’s Friday Poem is one of Poetry Editor Amy Wack’s ‘favourite sestinas of all time’ and is taken from God Loves You by Kathryn Maris. Kathryn Maris borrows rhythms, vocabulary and themes from the Bible in this collection of poems. The result…
June 9, 2016
Richard Collins: My Experience of Parkinson’s Disease
Set aside thirty minutes to watch author Richard Collins’ honest, moving and sometimes humorous video about his experience of suffering from Parkinson’s disease. About the video, he says: ‘I hope that it will give people a better understanding of thi…
June 9, 2016
Commissioned words by Grahame Davies performed at National Assembly Opening
The Fifth National Assembly for Wales on June 7th at The Senedd featured a specially commissioned musical composition by Prof. Paul Mealor, set to the words of Dr Grahame Davies “Wrth ddŵr a thân”, performed by the National Youth Choir of Wales. The…
June 3, 2016
Friday Poem – On Standby
This week’s Friday Poem is taken from Carol Rumens’ hot-off-the-press new collection, Animal People. As the author says in her brief introduction, ‘the vertebrae of this collection are the seasons of a sometimes Welsh and sometimes English year.’ Rum…
June 2, 2016
Books for your Summer Break
The warm weather has arrived so here at Seren we’ve been thinking about books for your summer break. Which titles do we recommend stuffing into your suitcase? Read on to find out our top picks. 1. Swimming on Dry Land, Helen Blackhurst Set in the bli…
May 27, 2016
Friday Poem – Borderland
Yesterday marked the beginning of the week-long Hay Festival, where writers from around the world gather in the staggering beauty of the Welsh borders to debate, read, share stories and inspire – among them, Tom Bullough with his new novel, Addlands…
May 24, 2016
Wales Book of the Year shortlist
Losing Israel and Boy Running shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2016
