
Glimmering
Healing in 21 Wild Swims
Megan Hayes(Author)
Seren (Publisher)
Published on 14. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-911752-04-2 (ISBN)
Description
In Glimmering Megan Hayes seeks solace and finds resilience in the wild waters of Wales and beyond. This series of swims-across-the-page tell a lyrical, haunting, yet hopeful story about healing and the restorative, redemptive power of our experiences in nature. Some of the world's most beautiful swimming spots, from the sea at Llangrannog to Australia's West Coast, provide the backdrop to a story of post-traumatic growth through glimmers - the term psychologists give to our moments of connection, joy, and safety. Offering both a celebration of wild places and a manual for healing - not through any quick fix, but through a series of the smallest strokes, this is a story for all those who feel lost, or broken, and need to be called home again.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bridgend
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Poetry Wales Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 135 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
184 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911752-04-2 (9781911752042)
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Person
Megan Hayes is a writer, researcher and facilitator living in Bristol who grew up between the South-West of England and West Wales. Megan has taught creative writing for several years, helping to set up the UK's first online MA in Creative Writing and Wellbeing and tutoring on the MA Creative Writing (online) for the University of Hull. Her books include The Joy of Writing Things Down (Greenfinch, 2021) and Write Yourself Happy (Gaia, 2018). She holds a PhD in English from Teesside University, MSc in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of East London, and BA (Hons) in Creative Writing and English Literature from Bath Spa University. An extract from Glimmering was Highly Commended by the Laurie Lee Prize in 2024.