“I wanted to [write] about the experience of actually finding fossils... I wanted to... say, ‘This is what I found, this is what it was like when I found it... and this is what it meant to me.” – Matthew Myerscough shares his passion for fossil hunting with BBC Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How do you discover the joys of Wales without car? Alice Hughes lovingly guides us around the country, travelling by bus, train and her town two feet, sharing useful advice, unmissable landmarks and her favourite foodie highlights. Pre-order via our website www.serenbooks.com/book/every-o....

YT's Poem of the Week: 'Dicks' by Eoghan Walls @serenbooks.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Today's the day! #MenagerieStreet is officially out today from @serenbooks.bsky.social Copies available here www.serenbooks.com/book/menager...

Guest post: Fatherhood is a common theme across all of @eoghanwalls.bsky.social’s books. In today’s guest post, he reflects on writing the poems in ‘Elsa and the Wolfman’, a lyrical-duet between father and newborn daughter www.serenbooks.com/2026/07/gues... – available in bookshops now!

Published today, @eoghanwalls.bsky.social’s funny, moving and intimate new collection ‘Elsa and the Wolfman’ is a tender exploration of the relationship between father and young daughter. Available in bookshops and online now! www.serenbooks.com/book/elsa-an...

Two ways of looking at Wales: The excitement of discovery and the sadness of loss. Maybe the written and oral memory does endure longer than bricks and mortar. montylitfest.com for tickets and info @itvcymruwales.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

YT Book review: The Footsteps of Dinosaurs - 'In Search of Sea Dragons' by Matthew Myerscough @serenbooks.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-...

Really pleased that my first full collection is being published by @serenbooks.bsky.social and will be out next month. More details and preorders on the Seren website: www.serenbooks.com/book/menager... #MenagerieStreet #Thrutopia #Thrutopoetry

‘Menagerie Street’ by @poetryhilary.bsky.social is a striking debut inspired by Thrutopia. With wit, tenderness and hope, she asks how we live, love and act together, offering poems that are by turns funny, unsettling and quietly exhilarating. Publishing 22 July www.serenbooks.com/book/menager...

Fel rhan o ddathliadau Eid al-Adha (6 Mehefin), ymunwch â ni am sgwrs gydag awdur yn Hyb y Llyfrgell Ganolog, i archwilio'r llyfr darluniadol hyfryd Muslim Wales gan Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed. Archebwch eich tocyn am ddim heddiw! www.ticketsource.com/cardiff-hubs... @serenbooks.bsky.social

Cardiff Central Library Hub@cardiff-hub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌙Ymuno a ni i dathlu Eid Al-Adha ddydd Sadwrn Mehefin y 6ed, rhwng canol dydd a 3yp. Byddwn ni'n cael hwyl i pawb, gyda gweithgareddau a perfformiadau i plentyn ac oedolion!

As part of Eid al-Adha celebrations (6th June), join us for an author talk at Central Library Hub exploring the beautifully illustrated book Muslim Wales by Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed. Book your free ticket today! www.ticketsource.com/cardiff-hubs... @serenbooks.bsky.social

Cardiff Central Library Hub@cardiff-hub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌙Join us to celebrate Eid Al-Adha on Saturday the 6th June, between midday and 3pm. We'll have fun for everyone, with activities and performances for children and adults!

#TheDeeperRead is 20! "Margate in September" by @nessalampert.bsky.social from her @serenbooks.bsky.social collection Say It With Me, twinned with my poem "Two Boys", longlisted for the 2023 @londonistoryprize.bsky.social by @nickmakoha.bsky.social suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper....

We have moved 📦📚 find us at 2 Church Street, Llantwit Major 🎉

You can get my pamphlet, Portrait in Mustard, for less than a coffee. Make your coffee a feminist one a celebration of Feminist Fortnight.

Seren Books@serenbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🕶 🩴 🌞 ✅ Pack-up, its time to stock up on summer reads 📚 If you’re heading off on holiday, take advantage of our site-wide summer sale to fill your suitcase 🧳 Claim 35% off all titles on our website with the code Getaway26. Shop now at www.serenbooks.com. Ends midnight on Monday 25 May ✈

🕶 🩴 🌞 ✅ Pack-up, its time to stock up on summer reads 📚 If you’re heading off on holiday, take advantage of our site-wide summer sale to fill your suitcase 🧳 Claim 35% off all titles on our website with the code Getaway26. Shop now at www.serenbooks.com. Ends midnight on Monday 25 May ✈

Weekend's coming. Time to get the Vanished Wales box set on ITV X and immerse yourself in lost heritage. The Clywedog Dam story's in the most recent series. Come and meet presenter Adeola Dewis and producer Carwyn Jones at Monty Lit Fest montylitfest.com?page_id=9086 @serenbooks.bsky.social

So chuffed to see this first review of Emergency Dream @serenbooks.bsky.social -

Emergency Dream: Polly Atkin, Seren | Write Out Loud

Emergency Dream: Polly Atkin, Seren

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Congratulations to both Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social & Laura Wainwright who have been shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2026 in the Poetry Category! You can lend them your support by voting in the Nation.Cymru People's Choice Award now nation.cymru/culture/vote...! #WBOTY2026

Join us to celebrate publication of ‘Duneland’ by @kristianevans.bsky.social at the Kenfig Nature Reserve tomorrow (Saturday) from 1:30pm! He'll be in conversation with Richard Gwyn. All welcome! RSVP here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988096782.... In association with @modronmagazine.bsky.social.

Coming soon: In his powerful new collection, @eoghanwalls.bsky.social explores the bond between father and young daughter as they navigate a world beset by pandemics, feathered dinosaurs, kidney stones and stark fairy-tale nightmares. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/elsa-an....

Poetry submissions call-out 🖊️ We're looking for full collections by poets based in Wales or the UK. Send us your strongest work by 5 pm on Friday 15 May. Find out how to submit here www.serenbooks.com/submissions/

Poets get ready... our next submission window for full poetry collections will be reopening on Friday 1 May for 2 weeks! We’ll share more details of exactly what we’re looking for on our submissions page when the window opens so keep an eye out here www.serenbooks.com/submissions/

‘never wanted terra firma - the / sensible, the understood. That isn’t living. The sea rocks / me awake, like sex…’ 🏊 as roiling and surprising as the seas which inspire it, @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social’s collection from @serenbooks.bsky.social has got plenty to divert and inspire.

Situated between the Ogwr Estuary and the Port Talbot Steelworks, the Kenfig dunes are a unique landscape shrouded in myth and history. In ‘Duneland’ @kristianevans.bsky.social marks the passing of the year in this extraordinary, wild edgeland. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/duneland/

Jaded with the weekend telly offer? Give "Vanished Wales" a go. Five series on heritage we've lost in living memory www.itv.com/watch/vanished-wales/10a1699 Meet the presenter and producer at Monty Lit Fest in June. Tickets montylitfest.com @itvcymruwales.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

I will be speaking at Palas Print in Caernarfon this Thurs 23rd April at 6.30pm on Muslim Wales - A History in 9 Places. Please do share and join if you can! @serenbooks.bsky.social

Nothing is as it seems in these haunting tales which draw on Walter’s Welsh heritage. Let a Sleeping Witch Lie by Elizabeth Walter, from @serenbooks.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/let-a...

“Each essay... resonate[s] with one another to create a cohesive whole… themes of climate activism and restoration intertwine with anti-colonial, feminist and queer perspectives that I found crucially enlightening.” – Buzz Magazine www.buzzmag.co.uk/waters-raise...

In good company: Welsh water inspires a new essay collection from 10 writers

The Waters That Raised Us includes personal reflection, mythology and history, underlining water’s significance amid climate change.

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YT's Poem of the Week: 'Thirlmere' by Rhiannon Hooson @serenbooks.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...