The Writers of Wales Database

GRAY, KATHRYN

Born in Wales, Kathryn Gray now lives in London. Kathryn received an Eric Gregory Award in 2001, and her debut, The Never-Never, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her reviews and poems have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The Independent, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales and Planet, among other places. Kathryn has participated in several leading arts programmes on poetry for the BBC, including A Poet’s Guide to Britain and The Larkin Tapes, and has collaborated on film poems for BBC Wales, voiced by Matthew Rhys and Eve Myles. Her most recent work is a poetry/print collaboration with artist Mary Modeen, Uncertain Territories, which was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy. Kathryn was editor of Wales’ leading literary quarterly New Welsh Review for three years before becoming the editor of Parthian Books. Kathryn is a director of Literature Wales and a trustee of Ty Newydd, the National Writers’ Centre for Wales.

Selected Publications:
Anvil Poets 3 (Anvil, 2001)
The Never-Never (Seren, 2004)