Coming soon: Growing out of several entangled emergencies, ‘Emergency Dream’ by @pollyrowena.bsky.social seeks to show the inextricability of Climate Justice & Disability Justice, drawing on close observation of the natural & human worlds. Publishing 16 March www.serenbooks.com/book/emergen...

‘Unspeakable: Murder in Laugharne’ examines a historic crime from the 1950s in which George Roberts was almost tried for a murder he didn’t commit. Exploring George’s story, it looks at how social prejudice & ableism may have played a part. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/unspeak...

Coming soon: Weaving a poetic narrative of transformation – from girl to woman – Rupinder Kaur Waraich’s tender and laugh-out-loud collection ‘Tigress with Wings’ is a celebration of feminine strength, creativity and survival. Publishing 2 February. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/books/coming...

My reflections on last year including a sneaky little hint of my forthcoming @saraband-books.bsky.social 'in the moment' book #SwimmingTheSeasons here and my forthcoming @serenbooks.bsky.social poetry collection #EmergencyDream - both seasonal, both with lashings of #LakeLight and wagtails.

Seren books is having a half price sale which includes this cracking, funny book by Euron Griffith which is, indeed, a life in six t shirts. www.serenbooks.com/books/non-fi... @serenbooks.bsky.social

Seren have 50% off their books until Sunday - use the code JAN50 www.serenbooks.com/books/poetry/ My Battery Rocks, Wild Persistence & The Way the Crocodile Taught Me are all half price & here's my selection of Seren poets who you might enjoy, all half price @serenbooks.bsky.social #poetry

Happy New Year! We’re back at our desks and our site-wide January Sale is back too 🎉 Use the code JAN50 to claim 50% off all books on our website until Sunday 11 January 2026 (excluding pre-orders and subscriptions) www.serenbooks.com/books/

Thanks @tazrahman.bsky.social for picking out ‘Significant Wow’ by @emilycotterill.bsky.social, ‘I Sing to the Greenhearts’ by Maggie Harris and ‘Hôtel Amour’ by @notjustdancing.bsky.social in your 2025 Books of the Year! All available from our website & in bookshops www.serenbooks.com/books/poetry/

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘II. Night Vision’ by Laura Wainwright from her collection ‘The Storm’s Flora’ www.serenbooks.com/book/the-sto...

Available from today, Christopher Meredith is on the ‘Alternative Stories and Fake Realities’ podcast reading his Christmas-set story ‘The Cavalry‘ from ‘Brief Lives’. Listen here or where ever you get your podcasts www.buzzsprout.com/411730

Back to non-fiction in our 12 Books of Christmas. Accompanying the ITV series, this book explores lost heritage in Wales. Carwyn will join us at Monty Lit Fest 2026 and the book's available at the Bookshop, Montgomery. Christmas is coming... @itvnews.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

Guest post: Poet Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social reflects on time spent in Paris whilst writing her collection ‘Hôtel Amour’, offering an insight into her writing process & inspirations behind the book www.serenbooks.com/2025/12/gues.... Available now in bookshops & online.

A popular history book from the project is due early next year with @serenbooks.bsky.social - we're excited to share these findings with the wider public in 2026! www.serenbooks.com/book/muslim-...

Have you taken advantage of our special offer yet? From now until the end of December, you can claim £10 off all orders over £30 with the code Xmas25 when shopping on our website. Browse our books here www.serenbooks.com/books/

We’re looking forward to this event on 26 November with the Cultural Institute. Jo Mazelis will be chatting to Sarah Gamble about ‘The Forger’s Ink’. Not to be missed, especially if you’re looking for books to add to your reading list! Register for free here www.tickettailor.com/events/cultu...

A captivating @serenbooks.bsky.social launch tonight of @notjustdancing.bsky.social’s innovative, multilayered & lyrical collection ‘Hôtel Amour’ (alongside fantastic readings from @oliviamcc.bsky.social & Menna Elfyn). 😍

A beautiful reading by @notjustdancing.bsky.social tonight for the launch of Hotel Amour. As @serenbooks.bsky.social editor @zoebrigley.bsky.social said, it's a beautiful brilliant book, full of nearly unbearable grief and nearly unbearable joy. www.serenbooks.com/book/hotel-a...

We’re looking forward to the online launch of ‘Hôtel Amour’ by Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social tomorrow night, 18 November, from 7pm. It’s not too late to register for the link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765466972.... Deryn will be reading alongside @oliviamcc.bsky.social & Menna Elfyn.

Congrats to our previous Poetry Pamphlet Competition winner, @alisonbinney.bsky.social who was Highly Commended in this year's @forwardprizes.bsky.social! Her collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is available from @serenbooks.bsky.social. #poetry #poetrycommunity #amwritingpoetry

Looking forward to running this new online course! Starts 27th January. Details here - createdtoread.com/about/events... Please share! #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #poetry #creativewriting @serenbooks.bsky.social

Hello again Paris, mon amour @serenbooks.bsky.social

I'm excited to reveal the cover of a new book on the history of Muslims in Wales. The culmination of years of research that shows how long Islam has been a Welsh religion. If this sounds interesting, register to be kept up-to-date linktr.ee/MuslimWales @serenbooks.bsky.social

In ‘Muslim Wales: A History in 9 Places’ Abdul-Azim Ahmed explores the stories of 9 Welsh places, and the people, artefacts and buildings associated with them, which highlight the deep history of Islam in Wales. Publishing 23 February 2026. Pre-order our website www.serenbooks.com/book/muslim-...

We hope you can join us! Register for the Zoom link (free) via Eventbrite if you plan on coming along www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765466972...

My review of Vanished Wales: Places lost in living memory by Carwyn Jones felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/v... well worth a read. Available from @serenbooks.bsky.social #books

There's a book launch for this today, at King's Yard in Cardiff. www.facebook.com/events/79496...

Lovely evening at Laura Wainwright’s book launch ‘The Storm’s Flora’ from @serenbooks.bsky.social

Looking forward to being part of the Clwyd Crime Festival on November 6. I'll be talking about the book 'Murder on Ynys Mon' at Wrexham Library. Tickets here www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... @serenbooks.bsky.social

Edrych ymlaen i siarad am y llyfr 'Murder on Ynys Mon' yn Llyfrgell Wrecsam ar Tachwedd 6 fel rhan o Wyl Drosedd Clwyd. Tocynnau ar gael yma www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... @serenbooks.bsky.social

I'm going to be on BBC Radio 4's The Verb on Sunday, 5.10 pm, talking poetry & dance, & also a little sea swimming too www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

Published today ‘Film & TV Places of Wales’ by Celyn Jones and Frances Turpin looks at a variety of on-screen productions with connections to Wales. They explore a thriving industry underpinned by a wealth of creative talent and technical skill. Available now www.serenbooks.com/book/film-tv...

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.

📖 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/

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

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

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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!

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/

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’.

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...

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/

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

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...

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

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...

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!

✨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

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...

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