Blog
Welcome to our blog where you can catch up with the latest news and read guest posts by our writers.
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…
February 19, 2015
Jonathan Edwards in India
My Family and Other Superheroes author Jonathan Edwards is behind today’s post after taking part in the ‘Walking Cities’ exchange. Part of the Dylan Thomas centenary celebrations and organised by the British Council, ‘Walking Cities’ pairs up UK and…
February 13, 2015
Friday Poem – The Waking
‘The Waking’ comes from Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s 2014 poetry collection, Boom! ,inspired by motherhood.
February 12, 2015
What Editors Want – Fiction
Penny Thomas, fiction editor at Seren, shares what makes a sucessful book submission.
February 10, 2015
What. is. that. NOISE?
Seren poet, Paul Henry will be reading at LOVE POETRY on 14th March, an exciting new poetry night in Birmingham
