The Writers of Wales Database

 
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Feature Writers

Owen Sheers

OWEN
SHEERS
Award-
winning
writer
Owen
was
brought
up in
Aber-
gave-
nny.
He
has
pub-
lished widely including 
White Ravens, the first book in Seren's series New Stories from the Mabinogion.
In 2011, Owen wrote the script and novelisation of The Passion for National Theatre Wales and WildWorks. A feature film adaptation of his acclaimed debut novel, Resistance (Faber and Faber, 2007), is currently in UK Cinemas.

Visit Owen's Writers of Wales entry


Joe Dunthorne*NEW
ENTRY*
ALEXAN-
DRA
CLAIRE

Alexan-
dra
was
born
in Cardiff and
is an alumnus of London Contemporary Dance School. Alexandra began to write short stories in 2005 and has been published by Parthian, Honno and the Western Mail. 
Her first novel, Random Walk has
recently been published by Gomer.

Visit Alexandra's
Writers of Wales entry

Catherine Fisher

CATHER-
INE
FISHER
Poet
and
children's
novelist Catherine lives in Newport. She has recently been announced by Literature Wales as the first ever Young People's Laureate.

Visit Catherine's Writers of Wales entry

Nigel JarrettNIGEL
JARRETT
Short-
story
writer,
essayist
and poet,
Nigel's
latest
short story collection Funderland
was recently been published by Parthian.

Visit Nigel's' Writers of Wales
entry

 

Matthew Plumb*NEW
ENTRY*
MATT-
HEW
PLUMB
Perform-
ance poet Matthew is currently working on producing a short collection of verse set to dub step, as a relevant format to convey poetry in the 21st century.

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