Paul Henry becomes Welsh Academy Fellow

Seren  is proud to announce that the poet Paul Henry has been made a Fellow of The Welsh Academy, the Society for Writers in Wales. Fellowship of the Academy is a lifetime honour which is offered to those who have made a significant contribution to the literatures of Wales.  To read more about Paul you can visit his Writers of Wales by clicking here.

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Wales Portrait Exhibition on the Move!

Lorraine Bewsey´s Poet Portraits exhibition continues at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw until April 20. Meanwhile, the Wales Portrait Award exhibition - which includes Lorraine´s portrait of Amy Wack, Kevin Brennan and their daughter Siobhan - leaves the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead, on 13 April 2008, and moves to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth from 19 April 31 May. More details from www.lorrainesartstudio.co.uk

Visit Lorraine´s website at www.lorrainesartstudio.co.uk

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Robert Minhinnick on the RSL Ondaatje shortlist

 

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Robert Minhinnick receives Creative Wales Award

Many congratulations to Robert Minhinnick, who has been awarded a £20,000 bursary from Creative Wales to write a collection of essays that share the theme of the movement of people accross the planet.

This news comes as Robert´s final issue as editor of Poetry Wales is published in April, and after the publication of his first novel Sea Holly. Robert has also won the Forward Prize twice for ´Best Individual Poem´, and won the Wales Book of the Year Award in 2007 for his collection of essays To Babel and Back.

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Blue Sky July on Wales Book of the Year Long List

"A tour-de-force that is taking the literary world by storm," The Daily Mail

Seren is delighted to announce that Blue Sky July  has been included on the long list for the Wales Book of the Year Award 2008 …

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Torchwood Novel by David Llewellyn

David Llewellyn, author of Eleven, has written a novel for the BBC TV series Torchwood, published by BBC Books on March 6th.

Speaking about the novel, David said ´I´ve been a fan of Doctor Who since I was a kid so I was over the moon to be asked to write a novel for Torchwood. Besides which, I don´t know many men who would turn down the opportunity to write about car chases and aliens´.

Everything is Sinister, David’s eagerly awaited new novel for Seren, will be published in May.

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Seren Poets on You Tube!

Seren has joined the ´You Tube´ generation! Two of our poets, Sheenagh Pugh and Paul Henry, can now be found reading their work on the infamous ´You Tube´ site. Click here to see Sheenagh reading her poem ´Webcam Sonnet 4: Now´ from her forthcoming collection ´Long Haul Travellers´. And here to catch Paul reading his poems: Daylight Robbery From Captive Audience and The Black Guitar from his new collection, Ingrid´s Husband.

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Pascale Petit Tutoring at Poetry School & Ty Newydd

Pascale Petit is the tutor on Towards a Collection: a ten-week course with The Poetry School Fridays weekly 6.30 - 8.30pm, 18 Apr – 27 Jun (not May 2); The Poetry Studio, the Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BU. Fee £95, £76 conc. For more info email: programme@poetryschool.com, book online here www.poetryschool.com or phone 0845 223 5274.

Pascale is also one of the tutors on the Extended Poetry Course at Ty Newydd, North Wales, August 18-23 2008. Bookings: Tel: 01766 522811 or post@tynewydd.org For further information visit www.tynewydd.org

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Seren Authors at the Hay Festival

Several Seren authors will be at the Guardian Hay Festival this year, with
Ceri Thomas talking about Ernest Zobole, Peter Finch performing his poetry,
Tony Curtis giving the Warton Poetry Lecture, Geraint Talfan Davies and
Patrick Hannan in conversation, and much much more. Come on down to the
Literature in Wales stand to see some of our publications, and to meet Mavis
Nicholson and new Poetry Wales editor Zoë Skoulding. Click HERE for full details, or visit the Hay Festival website to buy tickets for these events.