The Writers of Wales Database

WHEATLEY, GARETH

Website: www.garethwheatleybooks.co.uk

Gareth was born and brought up in Gower. He spent his later childhood in Australia, and returned to Swansea where he finished his education. Gareth has written film scripts, a novel and a humorous and informative account of ten bus journeys back and forwards across the Welsh-English border. The underlying theme of On an Offa Bus (Bridge Books, 2009) is whether a marcher or border person truly exists, with no particular allegiance to either Wales or England. Gareth now lives in Wrexham.

Selected Publications:
On an Offa Bus (Bridge Books, 2009)

On an Offa Bus (Bridge Books, 2009)

A highly entertaining, humorous and informative account of ten bus journeys backwards and forwards across the Welsh/English border country where the author, with a sharp eye for detail, records the conversations he has had with the residents of both countries. Gareth Wheatley travels the length of the border from Prestatyn to Sedbury.

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