Born and bred in Pembrokeshire, Mark loves to write in various forms. His two novels, The Broken Places and Downfall Of A Fast Falling Man, are both available via Amazon. He was a winner of the Dylan Thomas Love The Words competition in 2018 with a poem based around hope.
Three of his previous dramas, A Face Behind The Glass (about artist Gwen John), For As Long As Forever Is (about Dylan Thomas) and A Devilish Affair (about the libel trial between Nina Hamnett and Aleister Crowley) have been performed at festivals and he had two new dramas performed in 2025 focusing on Richard Burton. He curated a Richard Burton Festival in south Pembrokeshire in 2025.
His full-length prose poem, Erimos, was published in 2024. The book has been described as “a work to be read and read again to really appreciate its sheer originality, its imaginative use and control of language from start to finish, and the impressive poetic and dramatic moments within the unfolding and thoroughly engaging moral-powered tale”. Erimos was longlisted for the International Poetry Award 2025 (small and independent publishers).
Mark won the prestigious International Welsh Poetry Competition 2025 with his poem Notes from a Transported Convict. In 2025 he worked on a project with MA students at Timisoara University in Romania based around poetry and translation. He was Seventh Quarry Press’ Poet of the Month in October 2025. His new book, Anchor & Wing: Poems From The Periphery is due to be published by the Seventh Quarry Press in earlier 2026.
He works freelance in the heritage and arts sector but writing remains his his first love.
