Literature Wales Newsletter
Management Board
Dr Harri Pritchard Jones (Joint Chair)
Respected in both the fields of medicine and literature and author of 15 volumes of novels and short stories as well as literary criticism. He is the current joint chair of Literature Wales. Amongst his many publications are Dychwelyd, Ar y Cyrion, Bod yn Rhydd and Pobl.
Dr John Pikoulis (Joint Chair)Senior Lecturer in the Department of Continuing Studies and the Department of English at Cardiff University. His books include a critical study of William Faulkner and a biography on Alun Lewis (Seren).
Gareth MilesHas written numerous short stories, novels, television series and plays, and has translated literary work from Spanish to Welsh. His many publications include Llafur Cariad (Hughes a’i Fab) and Ffatri Serch (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch). He lives in Pontypridd.
Hedd ap Emlyn (Wrexham Library)
Originally from Pembrokeshire, Hedd is Community Librarian at Wrexham. He has published Traddodiad Eisteddfodol Clwyd, Clwyd Welsh Bible Collection Catalogue and is a former editor of Llais Llyfrau. He is a member of the Welsh Books Council’s Children’s Literature Panel and of the Literature Committee of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Mian Abdul MajeedMr Mian Abdul Majeed is a retired businessman and an ex–lawyer who has lived in Wales since 1971. He is the Chair of Bazm-e-Adab, a forum for Urdu Poetry in Wales. An accomplished poet, he is also currently Chair of Race Equality First for Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan.
Phil Carradice
Poet, short–story writer, novelist, historian and editor. His work has been featured in a wide range of magazines including Poetry Wales, The Times Educational Supplement, Anglo-Welsh Review and the New Welsh Review. He also leads regular creative writing classes for Cardiff University.
Dr Grahame Davies
Poet, editor and literary critic whose career as a journalist has brought him a number of national industry awards. He now runs the BBC’s Welsh–language new media services. His second volume of poetry, Cadwyni Rhyddid, won the Wales Arts Council’s 2002 Book of the Year award. He received an Honorary Doctor of Letters award From Anglia Ruskin University in 2010.
Professor Hazel Walford DaviesAcademic, cultural historian, literary critic. Her books include O.M. Edwards (University of Wales Press), Saunders Lewis a Theatr Garthewin (Gomer Press), State of Play (Gomer Press), Hwiangerddi O.M. Edwards (Gregynog Press) and Now You’re Talking (Parthian).
Luned EmyrDramatist and scriptwriter. Graduated in Theatre Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Luned won the Drama Medal at the Urdd National Eisteddfod in 1999, 2001 and 2003. In 2002, she studied at the European Film College in Denmark. She writes for theatre, screen and radio.
Kathryn GrayKathryn's poetry and criticism has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The Independent, and Poetry Wales amongst others. The Never–Never (Seren, 2004) was short–listed in 2004 for the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry: the first Welsh-born poet ever to be short-listed for the award. She became editor of New Welsh Review in 2008.
Rocet Arwel Jones
Director of Public Services at the National Library, Chairman of Arad Goch Theatre Company, and former Chairman of Ty Newydd and Literature Wales. Author, poet and cultural commentator.
D.J. BrittonAn award-winning playwright, director and dramtist. He formerly headed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio drama department, and is now based in Wales where he co-ordinates the dramatic writing courses at Swansea University.
Eirian James is an independent bookseller with shops in Caernarfon and Bangor, and was one of the founders of Gwyl Arall festival in Caernarfon. She represented the Welsh Books Council across south and mid-Wales, and is a former Ty Newydd Board Member.