Seren Events Archive
The latest news on Seren’s books, authors, events and prizes.
You are invited to the launch of a new anthology of contemporary poetry which contains some of the finest poetry published in Wales this century. A Last Respect, published in 2021, includes poems by the winners of the Roland Mathias Prize over the last fifteen years. The session will feature the editors of the anthology, Professor Daniel Williams and Glyn Mathias, and will be chaired by Christopher Meredith, author of Still and Please. The programme will include readings of some of the prize-winning poems. This event will take place in person at The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon and will...
Seren poetry editor Amy Wack leads our poetry showcase celebrating 40 years of Seren. The first book published by Seren when it was founded in 1981, was a collection of poetry called The Common Land by Welsh poet Mike Jenkins. As we continue to celebrate our anniversary, we are excited to announce the Seren at 40 Poetry Showcase. Led by our poetry editor Amy Wack, who is also sadly stepping down at the end of October, this event will feature readings by Rhian Edwards (The Estate Agent's Daughter), Dai George (Karaoke King), Paul Henry (The Glass Aisle), Sheenagh Pugh (Afternoons Go Nowhere),...
In this online workshop with Elizabeth Parker, you will explore exciting poems and experiment with structure, form and language in your writing as you create new work. In this session you will play with the effects of repeated words and phrases in your work, as well as the use of white space, line length and layout. Focus poems:Dom Bury ‘The Opened Field’W.S Merwin ‘The Present’ £12 for 1 two hour session. Please contact Elizabeth Parker to book your place in advance: lizzieitaly@hotmail.co.uk / 07976 090342 Find details of sessions one and three here.
Polly Atkin’s new collection Much With Body is a Poetry Book Society winter choice. In this collection, the beauty of the Lake District is both balm and mirror, refracting pain and also soothing it with distraction: unusual descriptions of frogs, birds, a great stag that ‘you will not see’. Much of the landscape is lakescape, giving the book a watery feel, the author’s wild swimming being just one kind of immersion. There is also a distinct link with the past in a central section of found poems taken from transcripts of the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, from a period late in her life when...
Celebrate the launch of Bar 44 Tapas y Copas by Owen and Tom Morgan in style with great company and good food at the Bar 44 restaurant on Westgate Street. Each ticket includes a copy of the book plus drinks and nibbles inspired by the recipes. Owen and Tom will be chatting about the book and signing copies. This event is also raising money for Velindre Cancer Centre with £10 from every ticket going towards this important cause. Tickets: £40 per person. Available via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/168229237177. Please note: This event will take place subject to the current Covid-19...
Seren is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and here some of their poets, both established and new, share their work. The poets - Andre Mangeot, Rhian Edwards, Katherine Stansfield and Abeer Ameer - will be introduced by Amy Wack, who has been poetry editor at Seren since 1992. For further detailsand to book visit: Tickets: £8.00 www.eventbrite.co.uk For more information about the Crickhowell Literary Festival visit: www.cricklitfest.co.uk Andre Mangeot's first collection with Seren, Blood Rain, was published in 2020 and he has published two previous collections), two books of short...