Seren Events Archive
The latest news on Seren’s books, authors, events and prizes.
Sarah Wimbush will be reading from her Mslexia prize-winning pamphlet, Bloodlines (Seren, 2020) during a thumping afternoon of poetry at a Ukraine relief fundraiser. The event also includes readings from the outstanding Ian Parks and Joe Williams. Do join us: Open Mic, Bar, Book Box Raffle, Music at the Ukraine Centre, Doncaster. Entrance is free. Further details: @SarahWimbush
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...
Recharge in the new year. A series of four poetry and mindfulness sessions with Cath Drake, for writers to explore techniques to recharge their wellbeing and creativity. Mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress and improve well-being, clarity, focus and creativity. Cath has thrown in a sprinkling of poetry and a session of writing together for a weekly uplift! These four sessions are a fresh start to the day in the UK, or perhaps a wind down in Australia nearing the end of the day. Each session focuses on a theme to spur positive wellbeing, with a prompt for writing. You don’t have to be...
On Saturday 17th December, Julie Brominicks will be at the Great Oak Bookshop in Llanidloes chatting about her book The Edge of Cymru and signing copies. In the course of a year Julie Brominicks walked around the edge of Wales, having left her job in education for sustainability at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth. As an English incomer and a Welsh learner with a long association with the country, she was interested in what Wales meant, and how she did, or didn’t, fit. The result is a fascinating alternative travelogue, which merges topography, history, environmentalism...
On Thursday 22nd December, Julie Brominicks will be at Plas Newydd in Llangollen chatting about her book The Edge of Cymru and signing copies. There will be some light refreshments and all are welcome. Stop by and pick up a signed copy just in time for Christmas! In the course of a year Julie Brominicks walked around the edge of Wales, having left her job in education for sustainability at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth. As an English incomer and a Welsh learner with a long association with the country, she was interested in what Wales meant, and how she did, or didn’t...
Join author Peter Finch as he discusses his latest book, Walking the Valleys at Storyville Books in Pontypridd. Includes a display of photos from the book taken by John Briggs. Poet and psychogeographer Peter Finch undertakes 15 walks around the south Wales Valleys, picking out features en route and providing interesting stories, historical and contemporary, about their past and present. His sharp eye and depth of research is illustrated by photographer John Briggs’ images in a lively guide to this famous region. Mae Peter Finch, y bardd a'r seicoddaearyddwr, yn ymgymryd a 15 taith gerdded o...