Seren will be opening a pop-up shop in Castle Arcade, Cardiff, throughout December. The National Theater of Wales have very kindly let us use their shop front at 30 Castle Arcade, for the month of December, while they are busy promoting their latest project, Silly Kings.

In addition to selling great books we will be hosting many author events with Francesca Rhydderch, Rhian Edwards, Robert Minhinick Ivy Alvarez, Damian Walford Davies , Phil Cope and Grahame Davies all due to make an appearance Books make great presents, signed books make even better ones.

We will also be giving out a secret daily discount code to be used in the shop, so keep you eyes on our Twitter and Facebook accounts!

The shop will be open every day up until Christmas from 10am 5pm . So come and join us for great offers, author events and a mince pie.

Author Events @ The Seren Christmas Pop-Up Shop:

Thursday 5th December Robert Minhinnick, 12pm
Robert will be in the shop to promote his latest title, The Island of Lightning , in which he travels all over the world, from Porthcawl, to Argentina, China, Finland, Iraq, Tuscany, Piemonte, New York, Zagreb, Lithuania and the lightning island of Malta A perfect present for the armchair traveller.

Saturday 7th December Festive Fiction, 2pm
Francesca Rhydderch ( The Rice Paper Diaries ), David Llewellyn ( Ibrahim & Reenie ) and Kate Hamer (author of 1976 , our short story of the month) will all be at the shop reading their fantastic fiction. Come and join us for an afternoon of great stories, mulled wine and mince pies.

Wednesday 11th December Rhian Edwards 2pm
Wales Book of the Year Winner Rhian Edwards will be reading from her award winning collection Clueless Dogs . Rhian is a recipient of the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry, so this is an event not to be missed.

Thursday 12th December Phil Cope, 11am
Phil Cope will be in to tell us about the ancient myths and magic tales behind the sacred wells in the disputed Borderlands between England and Wales. Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout, the wells from Cheshire to Monmouthshire, from the Dee to the Severn are displayed in all their glory, be they in remote countryside or city centre.

Friday 13th December Ivy Alvarez, 2pm
Ivy will be reading from her debut collection Disturbance , a novel in verse that chronicles a murder case, in which the family was gunned down by its patriarch. Each poem plays out like a piece of evidence, slotting together to give us the full case. We hear from the family, the neighbors and the authorities who all could have acted to avoid this tragedy.

Saturday 14th December Short Story Season, 2pm
Maria Donovan and Mary-Anne Constantine will be reading from their short story collections on the 14th. These bite sized stories are perfect for reading in a spare 15 minutes with a cup of coffee and a biccie. Pop in and join us for a minced pie.

Monday 16th December Grahame Davies, 11am
Grahame will be stopping by the shop at 11am on the 16th for a meet and greet. Grahame is the author of several books including, The Dragon and the Crescent, Everything Must Change , Real Wrexham , The Chosen People and Lightning Beneath the Sea as well as co-editing The Big Book of Cardiff with Peter Finch.

Friday 20 ^th December Damian Walford-Davies, 11am
Damian will be signing copies of his latest poetry collection Witch . With the narrative pull of a novel and the vibrancy of a play for voices. Witch offers a thrilling portrait of a Suffolk village in the throes of the witchcraft hunts of the mid-seventeenth century.

Saturday 21st December Dai George, 2pm
Dai George will be calling in to the pop up shop at 2pm . His brilliant dbut novel The Claims Office mixes straightforward narrative with elaborate and strange textures and imagery. This rich surface is undercut by an interesting attitude: a mix of rebellious energy and unflinching satire. His nature poems are often anti-nature poems, there are lively pieces about London and New York and skewed love poems.