In the reviews section of our Summer issue, we incorrectly attributed Wendy Pratt’s collection ‘Blackbird Singing at Dusk’ to Arachne Press, rather than Nine Arches Press. We apologise for any confusion caused by this.
Tamara Evans: How I Wrote ‘The Vulcan Hotel is Transported from Adam Street, Adamsdown, to St Fagans National Museum of History’
“I was trying to imagine how the pub would feel about moving from a working-class suburb near the Cardiff docks and into this quiet museum in the grounds of a stately home.”
Poetry Wales Press awarded $30,000 Grant from Hawthornden Foundation
Poetry Wales Press, which includes Seren Books and Poetry Wales magazine, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the US-based Hawthornden Foundation.
Sara Erðig: How I Wrote ‘Deafhearing watching TV, Vol.1 -2’
“This poem addresses the anxieties I feel around my hearing loss – including being able to share the experience of watching a film with my husband. It then reveals the creative adaptations I seem to have unwittingly put in place.”
Poetry Wales x Tell It Slant
Join us at our virtual event at the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival on 21st September at 3 pm BST.
Marketing for Poets: Tips and Tricks from the Head of Marketing & Sales at Seren Books
Learn how to market your poetry like a pro with tips and tricks from Sarah Johnson, Head of Marketing & Sales and Deputy CEO of Seren Books.
Iris Anne Lewis: How I Wrote ‘Inundation’
“The form is intended to convey a geographical sense of The Netherlands and England of being on each side of the North Sea. The Doggerland section spans across the page over the two other sections to symbolise that once the two countries were part of the same land mass.”
Tim Relf: How I Wrote ‘Teeth weren’t fish’
“Handling time shifts can be difficult as they can be disorientating for readers and can present tonal challenges, but I’m interested in how people – and their priorities – change over the course of a lifetime.”
Introducing our new Reviews Editor
Meet our new Reviews Editor, Franky Cannon.