Seren at 40 Anniversary Celebration
Afternoon Talk and Reading (1) : Seren at 40 Anniversary Celebration (E5), Friday 5th November 2021, 5-6 PM
With Kim Moore, Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Dai George and Abeer Ameer. This event was hosted by Amy Wack.
Join us to revel in Seren’s 40th anniversary! Seren poets have previously won the Costa and Forward First Collection awards among many others. This special event brings together four vibrant poets published in Seren’s 40th year: Kim Moore’s much awaited second collection is a numbered sequence of 48 poems with the same title: All The Men I Never Married. Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s new poetry collection We Need to Leave the Earth is both keenly political and deeply personal. In Dai George's Karaoke King there is a feeling of history shifting, as a younger generation confronts its ethical obligations, its sense of complicity and disappointment. Abeer Ameer is a rising poet of Iraqi heritage who lives in Cardiff – her debut collection Inhale/Exile celebrates the resilience of her extended family in Baghdad and around the world. The poets are introduced by Seren's long-standing Poetry Editor, Amy Wack, who talks about, and takes questions on, Seren's evolution over the years.
