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February 22, 2016
Siobhán Campbell wins Oxford Brookes Poetry Competition
Congratulations to Siobhan Campbell, who has won First Price in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition’s Open category with ‘Framed’. Siobhan’s most recent poetry collection, Cross Talk, was published by Seren. Judge’s statement: ‘The st…
February 19, 2016
Friday Poem – A Psalm for the Scaffolders
This week’s Friday Poem comes from Kim Moore’s acclaimed debut, The Art of Falling. These are poems that confront the reader, steeped in realism, they are not designed to soothe or beguile. They are not designed with careful overlays of irony and alt…
February 19, 2016
Graham Clifford joins the T-Junction Poetry Festival line-up
Graham Clifford will be at the Teesside International Poetry Festival for the long-running Black Light Engine Room: a night of poetry from special guests, also including Amir Darwish, JK Ihalainen, Mark Robinson, Helianne Kallio, Steve Ely and Julie…
February 14, 2016
Happy Valentine’s Day
Love is all around and we here at Seren would like to wish you all a happy Valentine’s Day. Whether you spend the day in the arms of a loved one or in the pages of your favourite book, we hope you enjoy it. And as an extra treat for you on thi…
February 12, 2016
Friday Poem – Love
This week, our Friday Poem is taken from Cohabitation by Kate Bingham. Until midnight on February 14th, claim 35% off this beautiful collection in our Valentine’s poetry sale. A brisk wit and intelligence characterises these poems by Kate Bingham. He…
February 5, 2016
Friday Poem – Bamp
Our Friday poem is from Jonathan Edwards’ Costa Award-winning My Family and Other Superheroes, which is 35% off until 14th February in our Valentine’s sale (so what better time to pick up a copy?) My Family and Other Superheroes introduces a vibrant…
February 3, 2016
Books for your Beloved | Valentine’s Poetry Sale
Poetry is food for the soul, and the gift of a carefully-chosen collection of poems is the perfect romantic gesture. For Valentine’s Day, we at Seren have hand-picked a few poetry collections your partner will fall head-over-heels for. All our Valent…
February 3, 2016
Books For Your Beloved | Valentine’s Poetry Sale
Books last longer than flowers, so why not say ‘I love you’ with some well-chosen words? Poetry is food for the soul, and so for Valentine’s Day we have hand-picked a few poetry collections your partner will fall head-over-heels for. All our Valenti…
February 1, 2016
Short Story of the Month | ‘A Bird Becomes A Stone’ by Jo Mazelis
Our January Short Story of the Month, still available to read, is ‘A Bird Becomes A Stone’ by Jo Mazelis, which features in her beautiful new collection Ritual, 1969, due to be published April 2016. This, her third collection, welcomes you to a darkl…
January 29, 2016
Friday Poem – Soup
This week’s Friday Poem is Tony Curtis’ Arvon Prize-shortlisted ‘Soup’. This is one of many poems on the subject of conflict in Tony’s War Voices (1995) and will also feature in the soon-to-be published From the Fortunate Isles: New and Selected Poem…
January 26, 2016
Significance by Jo Mazelis in Wordery’s Top 10 Fiction list
Significance by Jo Mazelis, a winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015, has been chosen by Wordery as one of the top ten independent fiction books of 2015. Other titles listed include Marlon James’ Booker Prize-winner, A Brief History of Se…
January 25, 2016
5 things to do for your loved one on St Dwynwen’s Day
On this day each year, people all over Wales celebrate St Dwynwen’s Day, named for the Welsh patron saint of lovers. According to legend, Princess Dwynwen (who lived at around 400 AD) was the most beautiful and spirited of the many daughters of King…
