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January 22, 2016
Friday Poem – Elegy for the Living
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Elegy for the Living’ from Kathryn Simmonds’ insightful collection The Visitations. In this book, Simmonds infuses with beauty the everyday phenomena that we often neglect: from fleeting moments with strangers on the stree…
January 20, 2016
Breaking News: 10.6% Funding Cut to Welsh Books Industry Revoked
Following a popular campaign from Welsh publishers, authors and supporters throughout the UK and beyond, Ken Skates and the Welsh Government have announced that the proposed 10.6% cut to the Welsh Books Council will not go ahead. The announcement th…
January 18, 2016
Seren stands against proposed 10.6% cut threat to Welsh books industry
The future of publishing in Wales and with it ‘a distinctive literature from Wales’ could be under threat if the Welsh Government agrees a proposed 10.6% cut to industry funding, and we at Seren stand with our fellow publishers, with authors and with…
January 15, 2016
Friday Poem – Skeeter Syndrome
For our Friday Poem this week we have ‘Skeeter Syndrome’ 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 Pe…
January 13, 2016
First Thursday Returns for 2016
After a break this month, First Thursday will return on 4th February! First Thursday is our monthly celebration of new poetry and fiction, held at Chapter, Cardiff. February’s event will feature Jonathan Edwards, whose debut collection My Family and…
January 8, 2016
Friday Poem — Making Love
This week’s poem is from Cardiff-based David Foster-Morgan’s provocative debut, Masculine Happiness. The collection is half price until midnight, Sunday 10th January. You can find the book here. Born and based in Wales, Foster-Morgan has long been a…
January 4, 2016
50% Off All Books: Editors’ Picks
2016 has arrived and with it, our January sale. For one week only, enjoy 50% off all books available on our website! That being said, we know choosing which books to buy can be a little tricky so our three editors are on hand to give their book recom…
January 4, 2016
50% off everything, this week only!
The New Year has arrived and with it, our January sale. For one week only, please enjoy 50% off all our books, including even the very newest titles! The sale ends at midnight on Sunday 11th January, so don’t wait to take advantage of this fleeting o…
January 1, 2016
Friday Poem – The Red Aeroplane
Our first Friday Poem of 2016 is from Anne-Marie Fyfe’s new collection, House of Small Absences. We hope you enjoy it, and happy New Year! Anne-Marie Fyfe’s poems have long dwelt on the role that the spaces we inhabit, the places in which we find sec…
December 25, 2015
Friday Poem – Christmas Holiday
This week’s poem is from Alun Lewis’ Collected Poems. Merry Christmas!
December 23, 2015
The Roots of Rock, from Cardiff to Mississippi and Back: Listen Online
Peter Finch’s latest book The Roots of Rock, from Cardiff to Mississippi and Back charts the evolution of rock and popular music, from a 1950s valve radio playing in a suburban Cardiff terrace to the reality of the music among the bars of Ireland, th…
