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March 27, 2015
Friday Poem – Fireweed
Today’s poem – and painting! – is from Philip Gross and Valerie Coffin Price’s A Fold in the River, an inspired meeting of poetry and painting.
March 26, 2015
Jeremy Hooker on A Fold in the River
Today we’re sharing with you poet and literary critic Jeremy Hooker’s speech from the exhibition of the upcoming release A Fold in the River, a marriage of visual art and poetry by Philip Gross and Valerie Coffin Price. This book of words and paintin…
March 21, 2015
Happy Indie Book Day!
In a world where the big names in publishing are producing bestsellers and you can sit back and wait for an online store to deliver them to your house, why should we support our independent businesses?
March 19, 2015
Prepare Yourself for Indie Book Day!
Get ready for Indie Book Day with a small selection of suggestions from Seren!
March 13, 2015
Friday Poem – The Love Songs of Davy Blackrock
Today’s poem is from Paul Henry’s latest collection, Boy Running, published last month.
March 10, 2015
The Ones That Got Away
2015 marks 70 years since the biggest mass-breakout of WW2, which happened right here in Bridgend.
March 6, 2015
Friday Poem – A Birthmother’s Catechism
A Birth Mothers Catechism comes from Carrie Etter’s Imagined Sons, first published in 2014, which has been shortlisted for the 2014 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.
March 5, 2015
An Interview with Damian Walford Davies
Poet Damian Walford Davies tells us about his latest collection, Judas.
March 3, 2015
Carrie Etter Shortlisted for the 2014 Ted Hughes Award for New Work In Poetry.
Carrie Etter has been shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry for her collection Imagined Sons, in which she reflects on the experiences of a birthmother who gave her son up for adoption. Imagined Sons interweaves two kinds of poe…
February 27, 2015
Friday Poem – The Sound of a Diamond Planet
The Sound of a Diamond Planet comes from Sheenagh Pugh’s collection Short Days, Long Shadows, published in 2014.
February 26, 2015
Top 5 Tips for Getting a Job in Publishing
Our Marketing Assistant, Jess, shares some tips on getting into publishing after university.
February 20, 2015
Friday Poem – The Tall Thin Tenor
The Tall Thin Tenor comes from Kathryn Maris’s collection God Loves You published in 2013. Kathryn Maris borrows rhythms, vocabulary and themes from the Bible in this collection of poems. The result is more than artful parody, although a sly wit is i…
