After many years & rewrites of the novel, today some exciting & positive news from @IrishWritersCtr . Hopefully one step nearer to securing an agent & publisher. Look forward to heading to Dublin in Feb! https://t.co/F8Q6s58etV
NEWS: We are delighted to announce the winners of Novel Fair 2025!
Ben Bland, Ciara Broderick, Jill Bronfman, Andrew Cunning, Stephen Doyle, Ronan Fitzgerald, Aidan Furey, Matthew Hornsby, André Mangeot, Amanda Moloney, Dónal O’Leary and Pauline Ryan.
https://t.co/1oGK3hJCBj
@robwalkertv@WeAreWST Hats off, Rob - beautiful & brilliant challenge. Lifelong distance runner myself (30+marathons incl Brathay10in10 - you have to do that someday!) Day 14 best for me, coming from Cambridge, but wd only run not cycle. How know where/when to join you/how many run miles planned etc?
Re. my upcoming Oakham Festival event with Adam Croft, just advised by organisers of special deal on ticket price: if you book via Eventbrite by Tues 21st, cost will be £10 not £20!! https://t.co/Vwp7Sc8Uq7
Could be of interest if in north Cambs, Rutland, East Midlands? Taking part in the Oakham Festival, end of this month, with a best-selling crime writer. Maybe a chance to revisit the short-stories (plenty of crime in there!) alongside some poetry. Great venue +fizz and canapés!
Nearly 2 years since in-person events possible, so thrilled to be reading with 3 other Seren poets at Crickhowell LitFest this coming Sunday (17th) https://t.co/OOzdCFz3cI and Woodbridge Library, Suffolk with Clare Best on the 21st.If you're local to either, be great to see you!
Seren have kindly arranged this virtual event in a week's time. Will be reading from the new collection, Blood Rain, alongside wonderful poet Paul Henry and Euron Griffith with his novel hot off the press. Be great to see you there if you can make it!
One week until Virtual First Thursday returns. Tickets available via Eventbrite https://t.co/npO5S3HTGL. Email [email protected] to sign up for the open mic.
Hope this of interest. Fab new poetry initiative/site, Wordcage, set up by playwright & poet Fraser Grace. First guest for June was @writearound Andrea Porter. And I'm July!
https://t.co/VxH8XAejkY
Big thanks to all who made the Cambridge launch of Blood Rain at Heffers on Thurs. Great to share the celebration with friends, fellow poets and others in my home city.
Look forward to it greatly. The launch of a new book is a precious moment for any writer: thank you to all at the wonderful @SerenBooks team. Promises to be a special coming together of poets, audiences, readers. If you're in the Cardiff/South Wales area, do come along.
It's here! The full 2020 programme is now live!
3 days of workshops and events featuring film, music, art and, of course, poetry from both established and new authors. View the full programme and get your tickets here https://t.co/bA6fBHRpnX! 📚📚📚
Look forward to @CardiffPoetry Festival next month and to launching 'Blood Rain' there. Always exciting to have a new book out ... thank you @SerenBooks for your time, commitment & producing it so beautifully!
Grab your tickets for the @CardiffPoetry workshops with poets like Jonathan Edwards & Rhian Edwards, and readings from poets like Daljit Nagra and Deryn Rees-Jones to name just a few! A truly incredible gathering in Cardiff this February with @SerenBooks
As @india_bourke 's article @NewStatesman says, "Finding the golden mean between optimism and pessimism is not easy when writing about climate change. ... In this context, Robinson's commitment to hope is increasingly valuable, and his thinking increasingly relevant".
This spring I spoke to sci-fi writer #KimStanleyRobinson about politics & climate. Moving to Hong Kong slowed my write-up, as did wanting to do justice to his evermore timely thoughts: about keeping communicating across divides.💫Here finally @NewStatesman https://t.co/YKYB0e091A
Honoured to have joined the wonderful list @SerenBooks. Proofs & cover are beautiful. Thanks to Amy, Sarah, Jamie and all involved. Look forward to getting out on the road with the book from February. Very exciting!
The first of our 2020 books is now up on the website! 'Blood Rain' by @AndreMangeot confronts the degradation of the planet and individual lives and choices with a steely, lyrical grace. https://t.co/L2G1BvWlo7
Honoured to meet Robert Graves's son, William (left), along with Peter Straus and Prof Paul O'Prey (judges) and prize sponsor Marcus Beale (centre) after receiving this year's Robert Graves Prize at Wimbledon BookFest.
Delighted to have won 2019 Robert Graves Prize run by Roehampton University and Wimbledon Bookfest. Winning poem (set in WW1 trenches where Graves himself served) will feature in new collection, Blood Rain, due from @SerenBooks in February.