Seren Events Archive
The latest news on Seren’s books, authors, events and prizes.
Explore the political, cultural and mythical history of Wales, and get a glimpse of what lies ahead for us all when it comes to climate change, with writers Tom Bullough and Julie Brominicks in converstion with writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare. In Sarn Helen (Granta Books, 2023), Bullough takes us on a walk along Sarn Helen – Helen’s Causeway – the old Roman Road that runs from the south of Wales to the north, weaving in conversations with climate scientists and showing the likely impact of climate change on Wales, while Brominicks celebrates the language, landscape, peoples and...
In 1790, whalers from Nantucket are invited to found the port of Milford Haven in west Wales. But what does the arrival of these hardy Quakers mean for the local population? And what is the meaning of the beached whale that preceded them? As two cultures clash, concern swerves into hysteria against the incomers, and a local preacher plans a grotesque, Jonah-inspired fate for the whalers. Nathan Munday, a writer and trainee minister, talks to writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare about how his debut novel Whaling (Seren 2023) explores our relationship with nature, the boundary between faith...
After two successful series, the Climate of Change workshops continue. Join Cath Drake for online workshops of reading, discussing and writing poetry and inspiring each other. This can be a difficult and overwhelming subject, but writing together is more enjoyable, nurturing, rewarding and productive. Find new and transforming angles into this complex crisis. These workshops are suitable for anyone who has a passion for the topic and for poetry, ideally, with some experience of writing. Join live international zoom workshops either in the morning UK time (Australia late afternoon / evening...
Award-winning poet and novelist Christopher Meredith will be at The Poetry Bookshop on the 17th May for an evening of poetry. He’ll be reading from his most recent collection Still as well as earlier work from Air Histories and The Meaning of Flight. All are welcome at this free event. Contact The Poetry Bookshop for more details 01497 821812.
Join the Poetry Book Society and Newcastle University on the 11th May for the Northern Poetry Symposium at Northern Stage to launch Newcastle Poetry Festival. We’re reuniting the poetry world to celebrate community, from vital discussions around inclusion to a British Council Indian poetry showcase and an electrifying dance-poetry performance. Join us for an inspiring day of readings and reflections from 20 leading poets including Imtiaz Dharker, Malika Booker, Airea D. Matthews, Jamie Hale, Adam Lowe, Stephanie Sy Quia, Kim Moore, Inua Ellams, Mani Rao, Sarabjeet Garcha, Safiya Kamaria...
On Tuesday 9th May, four Seren poets are taking part in a Seren Showcase as part of the Lumen Poetry Series. The poets include SL Grange whose pamphlet bodies and other haunted houses won the Poetry Wales Pamphlet Prize, July Brown who recently published her third collection Lairs, Bryony Littlefair reading from her debut collection Escape Room, and Vanessa Lampert reading from her newly published debut Say It With Me. The event will be presented by Ruth O'Callaghan. Entry £5. All money raised at the event supports Cold Weather Shelters for the Homeless. Doors open 6:30pm for a 7pm start....