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Welcome to our blog where you can catch up with the latest news and read guest posts by our writers.
October 1, 2015
Seren at Crickhowell Literary Festival
Wales will see the return of the Crickhowell Literary Festival this month, and this year several of our authors are taking part!
October 1, 2015
Seren at the Crickhowell Literary Festival
Wales will see the return of the Crickhowell Literary Festival this month, and this year several of our authors are taking part!
September 30, 2015
Sugar Hall Read-a-Long!
Throughout October our Marketing Officer, Rosie, and Marketing Assistant, Jess, will be reading Tiffany Murray’s Sugar Hall – and you’re invited to join them!
September 25, 2015
Friday Poem – Autumn, 1939
This week’s poem comes from the Collected Poems of WW2 writer Alun Lewis.
September 24, 2015
What’s a Book Worth?
At the beginning of the month, the launch of writer and historian Mathew Lyons’ campaign What’s a Book Worth? was announced. The aim of the campaign is to look beyond the monetary worth of the books we own and love, and instead is asking readers to f…
September 23, 2015
Emily Hinshelwood’s Stories of Change
Emily Hinshelwood (On Becoming a Fish) is collaborating with Canolfan Maerdy and the University of South Wales’ George Ewart Centre for Storytelling to kick off a series of five free writing workshops throughout October and into November.
September 18, 2015
Friday Poem – Requiem for a Requiem Shark
This week’s poem is from Eoghan Walls’ debut collection, The Salt Harvest, shortlisted for the 2012 DLR Strong Award.
September 17, 2015
An Interview with Anne Lauppe-Dunbar
We had a chat with Anne Lauppe-Dunbar about her debut novel, Dark Mermaids, which is out today!
September 17, 2015
Alun Lewis and Welsh War Poetry at the David Jones Centre’s 4th Annual Conference
Aberystwyth University is no stranger to Alun Lewis; when Alun was 17 years old he won a scholarship to study History there and now, in the year of the centenary of his birth, he’s returning to the place where he spent his years as an undergraduate s…
September 11, 2015
Friday Poem – How I Abandoned My Body To His Keeping
This week’s poem is from Kim Moore’s debut collection, The Art of Falling, released earlier this year.
September 10, 2015
The Road to Zagora | Travelling with Mr Parkinson
In 2006, author Richard Collins was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Spurred on by news of his illness, Richard and his partner Flic resolved to seize life by the horns and see more of the world. The Road to Zagora tells the story of their subsequ…
September 9, 2015
Short Story of the Month | ‘Like Lizards Ride Water’ by Maggie Harris
Welcome to the return of Seren’s short story of the month after a summer break. This September we bring you a new story ‘Like Lizards Ride Water’ by Maggie Harris. Maggie was born in Guyana and now lives in Wales, performing her work frequently with…
