Seren Events Archive
The latest news on Seren’s books, authors, events and prizes.
'What Makes a Prize-Winning Poem?' Katrina Naomi knows about competition success – only last year she won the prestigious Keats-Shelley Competition. But as a highly experienced judge she is also well-qualified to talk about the elusive art of making a judge sit up and take notice. She will discuss how not to do it, but mostly she’ll encourage people to think about titles, first lines, last lines, verbs, even themes – and that crucial matter of injecting some flamboyance. Katrina's most recent collection, Wild Persistence, (Seren, 2020), received an Authors’ Foundation award from the Society...
Katrina Naomi’s latest project, Same But Different, is a poetic collaboration with Helen Mort, published in Sept 2021 by Hazel Press. Her most recent collection, Wild Persistence, (Seren, 2020), received an Authors’ Foundation award from the Society of Authors. Her poetry has appeared on Poems on the Underground and BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. Rosie Jackson’s many competition successes include first prize in the Teignmouth Open, 2021. Her poetry publications include, most recently, Light Makes it Easy from Indigo Dreams. Tickets: £10. For further information and to book visit: www....
In this interactive event, Eric Ngalle Charles shares stories on place, memory and language inspired by his debut poetry collection Homelands (Seren 2022). Pupils are encouraged to write their own stories, so have a pen and paper at the ready. Eric Ngalle Charles was born in the west African state of Cameroon, a country rich in mythology and natural beauty, but with a troubled colonial history. Arriving in Wales as a near-penniless migrant, after being trafficked to Russia by a criminal gang, he has remade his life as a poet/writer, and dazzling performer of his own work. His memoir I, Eric...
Angela Graham and contributors to Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere read their work live on Zoom. Syria. Afghanistan. And now Ukraine. We are in an epoch of migration, of climate crisis, of fake news and polarisation, of attacks on the sacred or imposition of orthodoxy. What can a poet offer? For Angela Graham, in this most tragically timely debut collection, the public horrors and agonies need to be faced; but the idea of places of safety and shelter must also be explored. The poems in Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere pose key questions. How are we to respond to war and upheaval? How do...
Peter Finch is one of Britain’s leading poets. His blending of the avant-garde, concrete, visual, sound, performance and more conventional forms has placed him at the cutting edge of contemporary poetry. He probes tradition and experiment with author and presenter Jon Gower in this event celebrating his remarkable career. Peter has published many collections for Seren among them Zen Cymru and Selected Later Poems. He is also the author of our hugely popular Real Cardiff books, published by Seren and series editor for the 'Real' series. Jon Gower is a writer and journalist and has also...
Syria. Afghanistan. And now Ukraine. We are in an epoch of migration, of refugees fleeing bombs and torture, of asylum-seekers in fragile crafts braving the waters of the Med and the English Channel. So, what should the poet’s response be to this humanitarian crisis? For Angela Graham, in this most tragically timely debut collection, Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere (Seren 2022), the public horrors and agonies need to be faced; but the idea of places of safety and shelter must also be explored by all of us, and from the inside. This event will take place via Zoom. Tickets are £1. For...