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February 6, 2015
Friday Poem – Studio Flat
Studio Flat comes from Paul Henry’s sixth collection, Boy Running, available February 2015.
February 5, 2015
Jonathan Edwards in India
My Family and Other Superheroes author, Jonathan Edwards, has been invited to take part in the ‘Walking Cities’ exchange, which will see him trade places with an Indian counterpart in Kolkata in February. Part of the Dylan Thomas centenary celebratio…
January 30, 2015
Friday Poem – Holes
Ivy Alvarez’ collection Disturbance is a gripping novel in verse that chronicles a multiple homicide, a tragic case of domestic violence, where a family was gunned down by the husband and father, the one person who promised to protect them.
January 29, 2015
Who was Alun Lewis?
This year at Seren you’ll be hearing an awful lot about a man named Alun Lewis. Why? Lewis was the definitive writer of the Second World War, and this year marks the centenary of his birth. If you’d like to keep up to date with any news or events con…
January 26, 2015
An Interview with Jonathan Edwards
We’ve been chatting to poet Jonathan Edwards about his debut collection, My Family and Other Superheroes, which recently won the Costa Poetry Prize. Get a copy of that fantastic collection here. Jonathan was born and brought up in Crosskeys, South Wa…
January 15, 2015
A Look at the Year Ahead
2015 has started with a bang here at Seren following Jonathan Edwards’ triumph at the Costa Book Awards with his debut poetry collection, My Family and Other Superheroes, and the excitement doesn’t end there! It may only be January, but already 2015…
January 9, 2015
Friday Poem – The Voice in which my Mother Read to Me
The Friday poem is back f0r 2015 and we’re kicking off with The Voice in Which my Mother Read to Me from Jonathan Edwards Costa Poetry Award Winning collection My Family and Other Superheroes.
January 5, 2015
Jonathan Edwards Wins the 2014 Costa Poetry Award.
Jonathan Edwards has been awarded the Costa Poetry Award for his debut collection My Family and Other Superheroes. The Costa Book Awards honour some of the most outstanding books of the year written by authors based in the UK and Ireland. There are f…
December 12, 2014
Friday Poem – Bitumen and Rust
This Friday, our poem Bitumen and Rust, comes from Graham Clifford’s collection The Hitting Game. The vibrancy of Clifford’s voice and the immediacy of his claims upon our attention are clear in this lively collection. Incidents are approached from d…
December 9, 2014
‘After the first death, there is no other.’ – or is there?
Annabel Gaskell on Advantages of The Older Man
December 5, 2014
Friday Poem – A Birthmother’s Catechism
This Friday’s poem, A Birthmothers Catechism, come from Carrie Etter’s collection Imagined Sons. The giving up of a first-born son for adoption is the central story, and the way the ramifications of this act echo down the years through the protagonis…
