Rae Howells is a bilingual poet, journalist and lavender farmer from Swansea. She has won both the Welsh International and Rialto poetry competitions and has been shortlisted in several other contests, including the Winchester festival prize and MsLexia competition. Her work has featured in a wide range of journals, including Poetry Wales, Magma, The Rialto, New Welsh Review, Acumen, Envoi, Poetry Ireland, Black Bough, Marble and The Cardiff Review, as well as in anthologies including The Result is What You See Today (Poetry Business) and A470 (Arachne Press). Her pamphlet Bloom and Bones, co-authored with Jean James, was published by Hedgehog Poetry Press in 2021 and her first collection, The language of bees, is out now with Parthian. She can be heard reading her work at www.iambapoet.com/rae-howells and you can read more of her poetry and journalism at raehowells.co.uk.
