Seren Events Archive
The latest news on Seren’s books, authors, events and prizes.
This month Seren First Thursday welcomes poets Kathryn Bevis and Sammy Weaver to Zoom to read from their debut pamphlets Flamingo and Angola, America. Kathryn Bevis’s Flamingo introduces us to a troupe of wild, unique, and captivating poems. Life and our own embodiment are brought sharply into focus as we encounter a variety of subjects including work, survival, love, and mortality. Formally inventive, these hopeful and sometimes surreal poems are not afraid to confront complex or difficult emotions. Cancer is posed as a ring-tailed lemur, capering through the sufferer’s body, and the title...
In this event at Cletwr, local author Julie Brominicks will be giving a talk about her new book The Edge of Cymru as part of their 10 year milestones series. Publication of her book in 2022 marked 10 years since she set out to walk around the edge of Wales. Her journey, which happened in 2012, took her past many milestones as she completed her long-distance walk along the Welsh Borders. This event celebrates how anniversaries, and the passing of time, can be part of our future maps, as Cletwr celebrates it’s 10th Birthday this year. The Edge of Cymru is the story of Julie Brominicks’ walk...
Gillian Clarke, the National Poet of Wales 2008 – 2016 and Queen’s Gold Medal winner, will be reading with support from Jonathan Edwards and Rhian Edwards.There will be additional readings from some of Swansea’s best published poets: Natalie Ann Holborow, Emily Vanderploeg, Rebecca Lowe & Rae Howells. Jonathan Edwards work has appeared in a wide range of magazines, including Poetry Review, The North, Poetry Wales and New Welsh Review. His debut collection, My Family and Other Superheroes (Seren 2014) was the winner of that year's Costa Poetry Award and his second collection Gen (Seren...
Join us for a candlelit evening celebrating all things literary with pop-up poetry readings, book displays, and more. Sir John Soane was an avid book collector and had a vast personal collection of works which he kept at his home and studio in Lincoln Inn Fields. The Archivist and Head of Library Services will present a display of some of Soane’s favourite books, rarely on show to the public, in the Museum's elegant Drawing Rooms. With a glass of prosecco in hand, you can also enjoy pop-up readings by Robert Seatter, Head of History at the BBC, from his latest collection, his fourth for...
From the 22nd January until the 19th February, an exhibition of photographs from Walking the Valleys will be on display at Cwtsh Arts Centre in Newport. Walking the Valleys is a collaboration between Cardiff author Peter Finch and Newport-based American photographer John Briggs. In words and pictures, it describes walks in 15 different Valleys towns and villages, paying homage to their industrial past and examining their post-industrial evolution into the 21st century. A free launch event for the exhibition will take place on Sunday 22nd January at 2pm. All welcome. Email info@cwtsh.org for...
Splash into poetry reading and writing sessions in 2023 with Cath Drake. The most enjoyable way to share and learn poetry is in a regular small group. In the first hour of these workshops, we'll discuss an inspiring batch of poems. We’ll look in depth at the poems and poetic techniques with expert guidance. The discussions in themselves are rich and life-enhancing. Then, after a short break, we’ll write together inspired by the poems and share our writing. Suitable for UK, Perth & other Aussie timezones. For further information visit: www.cathdrake.com Cath Drake’s collection The Shaking...