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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 3d

You may have noticed that our website looks a little different! We’ve been working away on a new brand and are excited to finally share our refreshed look www.serenbooks.com.

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Department of English at the University of Liverpool @livunienglish.bsky.social · 3d

📖 Professor Deryn Rees-Jones (@notjustdancing.bsky.social) is giving the Matt Simpson Memorial lecture and reading at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool on October 30th, 6-8pm @serenbooks.bsky.social

Find out more here:
Https://www.creativetourist.com/event/deryn-rees-jones/

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Dysgu Gydol Oes / Lifelong Learning @learncardiff.bsky.social · 3d

Dr Juliette Wood provides an illuminating introduction to Efa Lois’ book ‘Gwrachod Cymru – Welsh Witches’.

Efa retells the stories, bringing them to life through vibrant illustrations.

www.serenbooks.com/book/gwracho... @serenbooks.bsky.social @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social

Gwrachod Cymru | Welsh Witches - Seren

Tales of witches permeate the Welsh psyche, its folklore, history and culture. With distinctly Welsh fixations such as water, the weather and shapeshifting, these women are radical and transgressive, ...

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Dysgu Gydol Oes @dysgucdydd.bsky.social · 3d

Dr Juliette Wood yn rhoi cyflwyniad addysgiadol i lyfr Efa Lois ‘Gwrachod Cymru – Welsh Witches’.

Mae Efa yn ailadrodd y straeon, gan ddod â nhw yn fyw trwy ddarluniau bywiog.

www.serenbooks.com/book/gwracho... @serenbooks.bsky.social @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social

Gwrachod Cymru | Welsh Witches - Seren

Tales of witches permeate the Welsh psyche, its folklore, history and culture. With distinctly Welsh fixations such as water, the weather and shapeshifting, these women are radical and transgressive, ...

www.serenbooks.com

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Alex Hubbard @alhub.bsky.social · 4d

Had fun writing this!

Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Have you ever wondered what writers listen to when working on a book? In today’s guest post, @alhub.bsky.social shares some of the songs he listened to whilst writing his debut novel ‘Storm’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/10/gues.... Find his book in bookshops from today!

Close up photo of raindrops on a window blurring the view outside

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Alex Hubbard @alhub.bsky.social · 4d

WOHOO

Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 4d

In @alhub.bsky.social’s scintillating debut the university town of Aberystwyth is held captive by a violent storm. With weird things happening all over town, Josephine is caught in the middle. But something is watching and it’s about to go walking again... Buy now www.serenbooks.com/book/storm/

This cover shows the clock tower in Aberystwyth standing ominously tall in the midst of a violent storm. A young woman with an umbrella walks along the promenade. The text reads: Storm, Alex Hubbard.

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Have you ever wondered what writers listen to when working on a book? In today’s guest post, @alhub.bsky.social shares some of the songs he listened to whilst writing his debut novel ‘Storm’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/10/gues.... Find his book in bookshops from today!

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 4d

In @alhub.bsky.social’s scintillating debut the university town of Aberystwyth is held captive by a violent storm. With weird things happening all over town, Josephine is caught in the middle. But something is watching and it’s about to go walking again... Buy now www.serenbooks.com/book/storm/

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 9d

We’re delighted that both Bethany Handley and @alisonbinney.bsky.social are Highly Commended in this year’s @forwardprizes.bsky.social www.serenbooks.com/2025/10/beth.... Their Highly Commended poems are both in the ‘Forward Book of Poetry 2026’.

Photo of the Forward Book of Poetry alongside copies of The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning and Cling Film.

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 10d

You can now take @natholborow.bsky.social’s ‘Wild Running: South Wales’ with you on the go! Buy the ebook on our website through our partners Glassboxx or from your favourite ebook provider www.serenbooks.com/book/wild-ru...

Digital image of Wild Running as a paperback and on an e-reader

Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Treat yourself to some new poetry this #NationalPoetryDay! There’s a whole range of great poetry books waiting to be discovered on our website www.serenbooks.com/books/poetry/

Copies of I Sing to the Greenhearts, Cling Film, Octopus Mind, Significant Wow, Into the Same Sound Twice and The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning.

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 10d

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's hear it for the poets and poetry publishers who enrich our lives! Here are just a few to get us started ❤️

@serenbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @emiliejelinek.bsky.social @niaandthepoems.bsky.social @courtneyconrad.bsky.social @alisonbinney.bsky.social

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Published today, ‘Gwrachod Cymru | Welsh Witches’ by Efa Lois is the perfect autumn read 🍂 ✨ This fascinating compendium explores the stories of over 100 witches from Welsh history & folklore, exposing the misogyny in their narratives & celebrating female power www.serenbooks.com/book/gwracho...

Photo of Gwrachod Cymru Welsh Witches laid out against a plush blanket surrounded by autumnal decor.

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · 12d

Absolutely loved this from @alisonbinney.bsky.social and @serenbooks.bsky.social. It’s so full of love.

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 13d

In ‘Film & TV Places of Wales’ Celyn Jones and Frances Turpin zoom in on Wales’ cultural and artistic links to cinema exploring homegrown classics, TV favourites and Hollywood epics from Wales’ on-screen history. Publishing 20 October. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/film-tv...

This cover shows a wide shot image of people in a truck filming a white car driving into the distance beneath a bright blue sky. The text reads Film & TV Places of Wales. Celyn Jones and Frances Turpin.

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 19d

From today you can hear @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social talking about the poetry, wild swimming and ‘Battery Rocks’ on the BBC Countryfile #Plodcast. Listen here www.countryfile.com/podcast. Buy your copy of ‘Battery Rocks’ from your local bookshop!

Katrina Naomi holding up a copy of Battery Rocks and her Holyer an Gof Prize certificate.

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The Poetry Business @poetrybusiness.bsky.social · 20d

✨WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK✨

✨'This is not a play: mixing up the genres' with Amanda Dalton
Mon 29 Sept, 7pm

✨'Self-Portrait, with Poems' with Jonathan Edwards
Tues 30 Sept, 11am

Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...

@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 23d

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Testimony’ by @alisonbinney.bsky.social from her collection ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/09/frid...

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Katrina Naomi @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social · 27d

Here's my 'short & sweet' poetry newsletter for Sept: info on 'dance as if' launch events in Cornwall & London @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social & recommending @mptmagazine.bsky.social Plus an article on how I write @serenbooks.bsky.social See mailchi.mp/10e91fb65935...
#danceasif #poetry #howiwrite

A smiling woman in leopard print top sitting by a window in the sun

Cover image of a new book 'dance as if' by Katrina Naomi which features a silver glitter ball

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Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social · 27d

So much looking forward to this! @serenbooks.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social

Sasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social · 27d

Reading with @notjustdancing.bsky.social & Louise Machen on Saturday 27 September with music from Li Lu & Lulu Yang. What fabulous company!! 🤩https://poetsandplayers.co/2025/09/04/sasha-dugdale-louise-machen-with-music-from-li-lu-lulu-yang-27-september-2025/

Sasha Dugdale, Deryn Rees-Jones & Louise Machen with music from Li Lu & Lulu Yang: 27 September 2025

Please join us on Saturday 27 September 2025, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. You will find all the information you need re…

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Coming soon: Laura Wainwright’s debut poetry collection is a powerful exploration of resilience in the face of ecological and human crises. Publishing 15 October. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/the-sto...

This cover shows a lino cut print of a jagged seed head bursting against a blue sky. The text reads: The Storm's Flora, Laura Wainwright

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

“...an excellent present for anyone interested in a slightly offbeat view of Wales.” – Desmond Clifford reviews ‘Vanished Wales: Places Lost in Living Memory’ for @nation.cymru. Catch Carwyn Jones in conversation with Adeloa Dewis at #WaterstonesCardiff tomorrow, 9 September, to find out more!

NationCymru @nation.cymru · Sep 6

At the heart of all these stories is what might be called the heritage dilemma. As RS Thomas famously notes, there is no future and no present in Wales, only the past! ✍️Desmond Clifford nation.cymru/culture/revi...

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don’t forget you can pre-order ‘Wild Running’ on our website or in your local bookshop www.serenbooks.com/book/wild-ru...

Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Sep 7

A little extract of Wild Running in The Independent this morning, exploring Pen Y Fan and focusing on women's safety in running 🏃‍♀️ @serenbooks.bsky.social

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/w...

Wild running gives me freedom, but I’m always looking over my shoulder

In this abridged extract from award-winning poet and writer Natalie Holborow’s new book ‘Wild Running’, she follows a trail around the Brecon Beacons in South Wales while reflecting on women’s safety

www.independent.co.uk

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Rachel Carney @createdtoread.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'll be running two online #creativewriting courses this autumn 🍁 createdtoread.com/more-online-... There's also a fee waiver scheme & free places for Aber uni students & staff!
@serenbooks.bsky.social @aberenglishdept.bsky.social

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Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is an incredible, awe inspiring book @serenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #poetry

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