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Indie press Seren is launching a poetry podcast this autumn, interviewing nine poets over nine weeks.
The Seren Poetry Podcast will launch on 6th October, National Poetry Day. Each poet featured in the series has recently published a collection with Seren.
Episode one will feature an interview with Polly Atkin whose collection Much With Body was longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2022. Other featured poets include Forward Prize-shortlisted poet Kim Moore, critic and lecturer Ben Wilkinson, and veterinarian poet Ilse Pedler.
In each episode the poets talk in depth about their craft and inspiration, as well delving beneath the surface of their latest book. There will also be a dose of poetry read by the poets themselves.
Sarah Johnson, deputy publisher at Seren and a Bookseller Rising Star 2022, said: “We’ve been working on The Seren Poetry Podcast behind the scenes for some time. The majority of the poets featured in the first series missed out on chances to promote their books due to the pandemic which is partly where the idea came from. We’re bubbling with ideas for how the podcast can develop for future series.”
Chris Gregory, founder and producer of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities podcast, has conducted the interviews and produced the first series, also training Seren staff so they can create episodes for themselves in the future.
The Seren Poetry Podcast will be available on all platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.