Sophie Buchaillard is the author of two novels, a poetry pamphlet and a dozen non-fiction essays about migration, motherhood and belonging. She was a Bridport Poetry Prize finalist in 2024 and a Wales Book of the Year finalist in 2023 with her debut novel This Is Not Who We Are (Seren).
Her second novel, Assimilation (Honno) has been described as ‘thriller meets magic realism’. Her debut pamphlet Painting Over the Cracks is out with Lucent Dreaming in October 2025.
Sophie’s focus is on social inclusion and climate awareness. She is Translation Board Member for The Other Side of Hope, a magazine showcasing the writing of refugees and migrants, and has contributed essays about migration in Woman’s Wales? edited by Emma Schofield (Parthian, 2024) and An Open Door: New Travel Writing for A Precarious Century, edited by Steven Lovatt (Parthian, 2022).
Sophie has collaborated with a broad spectrum of partners to deliver inclusive workshops on the themes of community building, inclusion, creative growth, well-being, trauma-recovery and sustainable living, held in libraries, museums, atypical spaces, and at Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre.
She is also available to support writers eligible for Access to Work grants.
Sophie holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She tutors in Creative Writing.
