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March 4, 2016
Friday Poem – Different Water
Happy Friday one and all. This week’s Friday Poem is an exploration of the significance and power of motherhood, taken from Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s collection, Boom!, as a little early celebration of Mother’s Day this coming Sunday. ‘Becoming a mother c…
March 1, 2016
Happy St David’s Day 2016
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day to one and all. This is a day to celebrate Welshness, so that means warm Welsh cakes, bunches of fresh daffodils and one or two good Welsh books to read. Why not celebrate this St David’s Day by investing in…
February 26, 2016
Friday Poem – Elterwater Rain
This week our Friday Poem is taken from the brand new, beautiful Crowd Sensations by Judy Brown. A Poetry Book Society Recommendation, Crowd Sensations is the worthy follow-up to Judy’s Forward Prize-nominated debut, Loudness. Judy Brown is a poet of…
February 23, 2016
Jaki McCarrick in The Irish Times: the success of the Irish Short Story
Read Jaki McCarrick’s article in The Irish Times, where she asks: what is the story behind the success of the Irish Short Story? Irish writers have excelled at the short story. But is it due, asks writer Jaki McCarrick, to the Irish oral tradition, C…
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…
