The Seren Poetry Podcast

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.   In this episode we talk to Nerys Williams about her explosive third collection ‘Republic’. ‘ Republic’ opens a window on life in rural west Wales during the 1980s and 90s when arts and culture boomed. English and Welsh-language post-punk bands, politics, feminism and family life are thrown together on t...

Welcome to Season Two of the Seren Poetry Podcast.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a podcast dedicated to poetry and poets.  In our second series we’ll speak to 6 Seren poets and hear them read their work.  We’ll talk influences, writing techniques and inspiration.  Focussing on recent Seren collections, we’ll go in-depth with our poets on the themes they have chosen to write about and the people, ev...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.   In this episode, we talk to Vanessa Lampert about her debut collection Say It With Me which explores themes of family, the everyday and loss. She discusses how writing can be an act of remembrance when living with grief, and how certain animals can be symbols of hope.    Vanessa Lampert is an acupunctur...

Welcome to Season Two of the Seren Poetry Podcast.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a podcast dedicated to poetry and poets.  In our second series we’ll speak to 6 Seren poets and hear them read their work.  We’ll talk influences, writing techniques and inspiration.  Focussing on recent Seren collections, we’ll go in-depth with our poets on the themes they have chosen to write about and the people, ev...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.   In this edition we talk to Judy Brown about her third collection ‘ Lairs ’. Describing it as the ‘angriest’ of her three books so far, Judy discusses the lair as a place of restriction or a confined space, her residency at Exeter University’s Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and ot...

Welcome to Season Two of the Seren Poetry Podcast.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a podcast dedicated to poetry and poets.  In our second series we’ll speak to 6 Seren poets and hear them read their work.  We’ll talk influences, writing techniques and inspiration.  Focussing on recent Seren collections, we’ll go in-depth with our poets on the themes they have chosen to write about and the people, ev...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.   In this episode we speak to North Wales-based poet Glyn Edwards about his collection, ‘In Orbit’ which is a sustained narrative of love, loss and longing. Using a variety of innovative forms, the collection explores grief and how we come to terms with losing someone close to us. The natural world offers...

Welcome to Season Two of the Seren Poetry Podcast.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a podcast dedicated to poetry and poets.  In our second series we’ll speak to 6 Seren poets and hear them read their work.  We’ll talk influences, writing techniques and inspiration.  Focussing on recent Seren collections, we’ll go in-depth with our poets on the themes they have chosen to write about and the people, ev...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.   In this episode we talk to Rachael Clyne about identity, belonging and self-acceptance, three central themes from her collection ‘ You’ll Never Be Anyone Else’. Throughout the book, Rachel uses playful wit, and colourful imagery to explore Jewish and lesbian identity through various stages of life and c...

Welcome to Season Two of the Seren Poetry Podcast.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a podcast dedicated to poetry and poets.  In our second series we’ll speak to 6 Seren poets and hear them read their work.  We’ll talk influences, writing techniques and inspiration.  Focussing on recent Seren collections, we’ll go in-depth with our poets on the themes they have chosen to write about and the people, ev...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.   In the first episode of series 2, we talk to Rhiannon Hooson about her collection ‘ Goliat’ , the long-awaited follow up to her Wales Book of the Year shortlisted debut ‘ The Other City’ . Full of vivid imagery, pointed observations and informed by a deep sense of history, these poems offer absorbing st...

Welcome to Season Two of the Seren Poetry Podcast.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a podcast dedicated to poetry and poets.  In our second series we’ll speak to 6 Seren poets and hear them read their work.  We’ll talk influences, writing techniques and inspiration.  Focussing on recent Seren collections, we’ll go in-depth with our poets on the themes they have chosen to write about and the people, ev...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.  In this edition we speak with Kim Moore, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2022.   Her winning collection All The Men I Never Married is pointedly feminist, challenging and keenly aware of the contradictions and complexities of desire. The 48 numbered poems take us through a gallery of exes...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.  In this edition we speak with poet Eric Ngalle Charles. Eric Ngalle Charles was born in the west African state of Cameroon, a country rich in mythology and natural beauty, but with a troubled colonial history. Arriving in Wales as a near-penniless migrant, after being trafficked to Russia by a criminal g...

Our fifteenth preview podcast features Eric Ngalle Charles introducing and reading his poem ‘Homeland’, the title poem from his debut collection. The poem is read by Eric and was recorded on location at the Seren office in Brigend.  Listen to our in-depth interview with Eric in the next edition of The Seren Poetry Podcast, due to be released on Thursday 24th November.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is...

 Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.   In this edition we speak with poet Rosalind Hudis about her collection Restorations . Rosalind Hudis grew up in Suffolk but now lives in West Wales with her partner and family. A one-time accordion player in a gypsy band, Rosalind now works as a freelance writer, editor, reviewer and tutor.    Restorat...

Our fourteenth preview podcast features Rosalind Hudis reading her poem ‘Insulation’ from her collection Restorations . The poem is read by Rosalind and was recorded via Zoom so we apologise if the sound quality isn't always perfect.  Listen to our in-depth interview with Rosalind in the next edition of The Seren Poetry Podcast, due to be released on Thursday 17th November.  The Seren Poetry...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets. Some of the poems featured in this episode contain swearing.  If you are likely to be offended by this please avoid this podcast  In this edition we speak with poet Ben Wilkinson about his second collection Same Difference . Born in the Midlands, Ben now lives in Sheffield. His poems, criticism and journa...

Our thirteenth preview podcast features Ben Wilkinson reading his poem ‘Nightingale’ from his second collection Same Difference . The poem is read by Ben Wilkinson and was recorded at his home in Sheffield. Listen to our in-depth interview with Ben in the next edition of The Seren Poetry Podcast, due to be released on Thursday 10th November.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a new podcast dedicated to...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.  In this edition we speak with poet and novelist Carolyn Jess-Cooke about her third collection We Have to Leave the Earth which considers themes of the environment and motherhood.   Carolyn Jess-Cooke was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and is currently reader in Creative Writing at the University of Gl...

Our twelfth preview podcast features Carolyn Jess-Cooke reading her poem 'Now' from the collection 'We Have to Leave the Earth'.   The poem was read by Carolyn and recorded on location at her home in Scotland.   Listen to our in-depth interview with Carolyn in which we discuss the climate crisis ,  the late 19th century feminist activist Josephine Butler, family and Carolyn&apo...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.  In this edition we speak with poet Rhian Edwards. Rhian Edwards is joint poetry editor at Seren alongside Zoë Brigley, but in this episode, she discusses her second collection The Estate Agent’s Daughter . Rhian Edwards is a winner of the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry. Her debut collection Clueless...

Our eleventh preview podcast features Rhian Edwards reading the title poem from her second collection The Estate Agent’s Daughter . The poem is read by Rhian Edwards and was recorded on location at the Seren office. Listen to our in-depth interview with Rhian in the next edition of The Seren Poetry Podcast, due to be released on Thursday 27th October.  The Seren Poetry Podcast is a new podcast ded...

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.  In this edition we speak with poet and novelist Christopher Meredith. Christopher Meredith is the award-winning author of five novels and five collections of poetry. His poetry collection ‘Still’ and short novel ‘Please’ were published simultaneously in 2020. ‘Still’ explores the plethora of meanings int...

Our tenth preview podcast features Christopher Meredith talking about publishing his poetry collection Still and novel Please simultaneously. He also reads his poem ‘Air Camera’.  The poem is read by Christopher Meredith and was recorded on location at the Seren office. Listen to our in-depth interview with Christopher in the next edition of The Seren Poetry Podcast, due to be released on Thursday...