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August 13, 2015
The 2015 Timothy Corsellis Prize
The Young Poets Network have brought back the Timothy Corsellis Prize after a very successful year in 2014, and this year Alun Lewis has a small part to play!
August 7, 2015
Friday Poem – The woman in the sun, a letter
This week’s poem is from Rebecca Perry’s collection little armoured, winner of the 2011 Poetry Wales Purple Moose Prize.
August 4, 2015
The World, the Lizard and Me – Incoming Autumn Reads
I know, I know – summer has hardly begun! But here at Seren, we’re already excited about our forthcoming Autumn books. Top of my reading list is The World, The Lizard and Me. Which of these titles are you most excited for? You can find all these up…
August 4, 2015
Morlais is Wales Book of the Month
WW2 writer Alun Lewis’s previously lost novel, Morlais, is Wales Book of the Month throughout August.
July 31, 2015
Friday Poem – Metamorphic
This week’s poem is from Zoë Skoulding’s 2013 collection, The Museum of Disappearing Sounds.
July 28, 2015
Poetry Wales and Patagonia
Don’t forget that our latest issue of Poetry Wales – Wales, Patagonia and the cultures of the imagination – is now available!
July 28, 2015
The Welsh in Patagonia
Today marks 150 years since 153 Welsh settlers arrived in the Chubut Valley aboard the Mimosa, a converted tea-clipper, and founded Y Wladfa: The Welsh Colony.
July 24, 2015
Friday Poem – What I Did in My Summer Holidays
This week’s poem is from Kathryn Simmonds’ second poetry collection, The Visitations, originally published in 2013.
July 24, 2015
Take Inspiration from Alun Lewis for the 2015 Timothy Corsellis Prize!
The Young Poets Network have brought back the Timothy Corsellis Prize after a very successful year in 2014, and this year Alun Lewis has a small part to play!
July 23, 2015
Lost & Found
Recent years have been fantastic for Wales in the literary world. 2014 saw the centenary of Dylan Thomas, this year we’re celebrating the centenary of Alun Lewis, and next year, 2016, marks the centenary of Roald Dahl.
July 17, 2015
Friday Poem – Post-Script: For Gweno
This week’s poem is another taken from WW2 writer Alun Lewis’s Collected Poems, to celebrate the launch of Dr. John Pikoulis’s latest biography, Alun, Gweno & Freda, which is now available to order from our website.
July 10, 2015
Friday Poem – A Brief History of Topiary
This week’s poem comes from the late Ellie Evans’s collection, The Ivy HIdes the Fig-ripe Duchess.
