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April 30, 2013
The Price of Books
I am fortunate enough to work in both bookselling and publishing. Books and bookselling are my passion but time and time again, myself and fellow booksellers are faced with this very common scenario: Customer: have you got ………….. in stock? Bookseller…
April 25, 2013
‘Call Mother a Lonely Field’ shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2013
Call Mother a Lonely Field by Liam Carson is shortlisted for The RSL Ondaatje Prize. The £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize is awarded annually to a book of the highest literary merit, evoking the spirit of a place. Seren are the only Welsh press to be place…
April 16, 2013
Two New Short Story Collections
Think you don’t like short stories? Think again. Seren have published two fantastic short story collections this Spring, you need these on your reading shelf – now! Mary-Ann Constantine’s second collection All the Souls and Jaki McCarrick’s The Scatt…
April 4, 2013
R.S. Thomas 2013
Remembering R.S. Thomas (1913-2000) Celebrate R.S. Thomas’s centenary with this excellent volume that draws together 52 poems (4 previously unpublished) by Thomas to his wife, the distinguished artist Mildred E Eldridge – known as Elsi – from early…
March 20, 2013
There is life after Les Misérables…
If you’ve seen Les Mis and were left wanting more, a new ebook of Le Temps des Cerises could be just what you need. Le Temps des Cerises is set at the barricades of Paris in the 1870, just a few years after Victor Hugo penned his epic novel. The citi…
March 8, 2013
Happy International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are offering you a prize-winning poetry collection Berg for a fantastic price of £2.99 with FREE post. In this first collection from Hilary Menos, icebergs floating down the Thames jostle with transvestites…
March 7, 2013
Happy World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day we are giving away a FREE copy of Glenda Beagan’s short story collection The Great Master of Ecstasy. Order online between 12pm-1pm and 2pm-3pm on Thursday 7th March 2013 to get your free copy* The Great Master of Ecstas…
February 28, 2013
New Short Story Collection ‘The Scattering’ out now
The Scattering is a debut fiction collection from prizewinning writer Jaki McCarrick. These skillfully crafted stories explore states of liminality: life on the Irish border, dual identities, emigration, being between states – certainty and doubt, co…
February 18, 2013
‘Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After The Beatles’ anthology out now
Exciting new anthology Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After The Beatles out now. Their beginnings were inauspicious. When Alan Williams booked their first trip to Hamburg in August 1960, they were regarded by peers as the worst group in Liverpool. When they…
February 4, 2013
‘Living in Wales’ by David Hurn named in the best top 50 Black & White Photography books
Black + White Photography magazine have named Living in Wales by magnum photographer David Hurn in the top 50 black and white photography books. Living in Wales is an album of one hundred and one duotone portraits of people who, in the words of David…
January 4, 2013
12 Days of Kindle
Seren titles in the ’12 Days of Kindle’ promotion Seren have several titles in the ’12 Days of Kindle’ promotion on Amazon, starting from as little as 99p. If you got a new kindle for Christmas, why not treat yourselves to some of these fantastic tit…
August 9, 2012
Seren Stand at The National Eisteddfod 2012
Seren have a stand at the The National Eisteddfod 2012, Wales’ largest cultural festival. The week-long festival celebrates the rich and varied culture that exists here in Wales; from singing and dancing to art work and sport challenges, the Eisteddf…
