The Finch Archive: Wales

• Real Wales
  the whole country
  
• Welsh Literary Links
  the best links page to Welsh literary sites on the web
• Welsh Union of Writers
  rare photographs from 1982
  
• Real Cardiff
  What it's like living here
• Oriel: How It Was
  a short history of the Welsh bookshop 1974-1998
• R.S.Thomas Information
  the alternative database on wales' greatest poet
• The Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency
  The 1998 Press Release describing Finch's move from the Oriel Bookshop and the establishment of the re-launched Welsh Academy
• Zen Cymru
  the sound of one Welsh hand clapping
• Cylch Llên Cymru
  The Web Ring of Welsh Literary Sites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welsh Literary Links

A collection of sites with both literary and Welsh connections where the language used is English. Inclusions and amendments welcome. Part of the Peter Finch Archive

1. Academi - Yr Academi Gymreig / The Welsh Academy
   The official site. Contains a clickable what's-on in literary Wales directory, updated listings on the writers and the publishers of Wales, comprehensive low down on the new Academi, an interactive literary discussion forum, news from Ty Newydd, Taliesin and The New Welsh Review, a section covering breaking Welsh literary news and more. All this in two languages. Visit soon.
2. Moira Andrew
   the Welsh-based children's author .
   
3. Annedd y Cynganeddwyr
   Cartref cynghanedd ar y we
4. Apecs Press
   stories with a Welsh dimension
   
5. Arts Council of Wales
   a guide to ACW's services and a glimpse of the Council's minutes
   
6. Bwlet
   AHRB BWLET - the Bibliography of Welsh Literature in English Translation - Swansea's Wynn Thomas powered site that connects Welsh literature with the world
   
7. Anne Bennett
   North Wales-based Bennett is one of the UK's leading saga writers
8. Anne Bryan's Strange Attractor
   poetry and fractals, science and mythology, Darwin and dreams. Includes Bryan's own work, a feature on the poet Stevie Smith plus biography and work from Chris Torrance
   
9. Robert Dafydd Cadwalader
   Criccieth based family, maritime, Welsh poetry, myths and legend pages, and loads too.
   
10. Books In Cardigan
    second hand and rare bookselling with a searchable site
11. Gillian Clarke - The Poet's Home Pages
    the official site with poems, biography, bibliography, poems and details of where the poet will be appearing next.
12. Coffeehouse Poetry
    Jan Fortune-Wood's Blaenau Ffestiniog based poetry magazine
    
13. C.R.E.W. - Centre for Research into the English Language and Literature of Wales
    Swansea University developing archive of author photographs, biographies, and links
    
14. Cyfwe
    website for the translation of Welsh literature - a large and developing resource
15. Cylch Llên Cymru
    The Ring of Welsh Literature
16. Stevie Davies
    fast loading site from the Booker longlisted Welsh novelist. Selections from the books, reviews, bookshop, critical comment and much more.
17. Malachy Doyle
    entertaining homesite of the children's author
18. Dylans Bookstore
    Jeff Towns' Swansea Based Dylan Thomas specialist bookshop
19. The Dylan Thomas Centre
    Swansea's centre for the 1999 Dylan Thomas festival & other literary events
20. Dylan Thomas Festival
    The annual event
    
21. Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru
    The National Eisteddfod hits the new millennium
22. Menna Elfyn
    bi-lingual site from the Bloodaxe poet
23. The John Evans Official Website
    The homepage for this Valley's writer
24. The World of Lionel Fanthorpe
    a very dynamic site devoted to the Welsh science fiction and fantasy author, broadcaster and adventurer.
    
25. Catherine Fisher
    poetry, fantasy and fiction
    
26. Ken Follett
    Yes, he's Welsh. The fiction writer.
    
27. Matthew Francis
    poetry and fiction from the Faber author now teaching creative writing at the University of Glamorgan
28. Gallery Bouglaf
    Poet Douglas Houston's multi-purpose art/poetry/history/satire website
29. Jean Gill
    the flash-aided site of the west of Whitland poet
30. John Gimblett
    the Newport author's poems and travels
    
31. Gwasg Gomer
    introduction, back catalogue and a fascinating museum from Gomer Press, Llandysul, one of Wales' oldest publisher/printers.
32. Lesley Grant-Adamson
    Crime Fiction UK - home of the Welsh Faber-published crime author
33. Viv Griffiths
    poet, seaman, dramatist, fiction writer, raconteur - it's all here, pictures too
34. Philip Gross
    The poet, novelist and creative writing tutor
    
35. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
    introduction and catalogue
36. Hay Festival of Literature
    full programme, booking details and history
37. John Harrison
    the travel & fiction writer, lecturer and explorer
    
38. David Hart
    The Aberystwyth born poet's home pages
    
39. Paul Henry
    Home page of the Seren poet
40. Greg Hill - The Spirit World
    the poet's pages
41. Raymond Humphreys
    science fiction, travel, poetry, visual arts & work for children from the Penybont author
42. Brian John
    Flying With Angels - The Pembrokeshire novelist's fifth in the saga
    
43. Dylan Jones
    Poetry, art music - The Next Worse Thing and more
44. Esmond Jones
    ex-coalminer turned poet
    
45. Patrick Jones
    new site & new poems from the young dynamo
46. Phyllis Jones
    Wales, the west, Cornwall and back - a comprehensive and well designed author site
    
47. Francesca Kay
    poetry and gardening
48. Tim Lebbon
    the Monmouthshire-based sf author
    
49. Gwyneth Lewis
    poetry, prose and a map of her round the world voyage.
    
50. Robin Llywelyn
    bi-lingual site devoted to the work of one of Wales's leading innovative fiction writers. Novel, short stories, biography - all with copious extracts. One of the best designed Welsh sites on the web.
51. John Morgan
    Polarity's Child - animated poems and photographs
52. Christopher Meredith
    the poet and novelist
53. Goff Morgan
    the Newport Town Poet's work
    
54. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol / The National Library of Wales
    the heavy stuff
55. Old Stile Press
    the private press of Frances & Nicolas McDowall
    
56. Parthian Books
    home of Richard Davies's excellent enterprise
57. Alan Perry
    site of award-winning Welsh poet, painter and short-story writer. Poems, paintings, drawings - and a short story.
    
58. Barry Edgar Pilcher
    poetry from the Cardiff beat, now resident in Donegal - love and peace and saxophones of reality
    
59. Planet
    excellent site from the Welsh Internationalist
60. Poetic Occasions
    Steelworker Colin Lewis's profitable sideline. Name the occasion, pay the fee (£10.00) and get the poem back by e-mail
61. John Pook
    work from the Anglo-Welsh poet
    
62. Richard Poole
    extensive site from the author and poet
    
63. The Preseli Bluestones
    Sion Pysgod's fiction from the Pembrokeshire mountains
64. Selwyn Pritchard
    work from the late poet
65. Reminiscences of Wales 1924 - 1942
    Nathan Hughes' history
    
66. Scrawl
    Wales's new on-line young-orientated lit fiction poetry whatever magazine
67. Scriveners
    Abergavenny's Hen & Chicks writers group
    
68. A Sense of City Road
    Lloyd Robson's poetry photomontage recreation of the Cardiff street
69. Seren Books
    home of Wales's leading publisher of Welsh writing in English
    
70. Labi Siffre - So Strong
    The home page for the well-know singer-songwriter, poet and dramatist
    
71. Owen Sheers
    work from the Welsh born poet
72. Jonathan Shipton
    The Carmarthenshire children's author and poet
    
73. Iain Sinclair
    The Complete Review Sinclair pages - reviews, bibliography, links, data
74. Susan Richardson
    home pages from the writer and workshop leader
    
75. Jenny Sullivan - The Magic Apostrophe
    home page of the well-known children's author
76. Swansea & District Poets
    Esmond Jones' Abertawe come-all-ye
    
77. Alison Taylor
    the Gwynedd based novelist
78. The Life And Work Of Dylan Thomas
    An excellent site with poetry, prose, biography, photos and embeded sound files.
    
79. Neurotic Poets: Dylan Thomas
    a new look at the bard
    
80. Dylan Thomas - The Official Site
    Chronology, Dylan Thomas Festival, Dylan Thomas Centre, the works
    
81. Dylan Thomas
    a selection of his poems
82. Dylan Thomas UK
    Pat Hughes' Merthyn Theatre Company and their Dylan Thomas performances
    
83. The Dylan Thomas Prize
    The biennial literary prize for authors under 30
    
84. R S Thomas Study Centre
    Wales' greatest twentieth century poet - 1913-2000. Bangor's complete archive
85. R S Thomas Blogspot
    life through the medium of R S.
86. Chris Torrance
    the champion adventurer on the web at Anne Bryan's site
87. Transcript
    Literature Across Frontiers - on-line journal in English, French and German.
    
88. Ty Newydd
    home site for the north Wales writers' centre
    
89. University of Wales Press
    one of the earliest of the Welsh presses to go on line. Not as academic as you'd think.
90. Verso
    where poetry gets up close to music - Verso is a Cardiff poet
91. Wales Arts International
    Arts Council of Wales & British Council pages. Includes information of Welsh magazines and other support for literature.
    
92. Wales On Line - Books
    A-Z books about Wales listing
93. The Well Versed Society
    Cardiff-based dead poets society. Check here for meetings
    
94. The Welsh Books Council
    home of book distribution and book information.
    Check Gwales - "Your Key To The Books Of Wales" for their comprehensive on-line database of Welsh books in print
95. Welsh Literature - An Introduction
    a pretty detailed twenty chapter introduction to literature in the Welsh language from its origins to today. The site includes links to a similar introduction to Welsh history as well as to Wales in general.
96. Welsh literature Abroad
    who is going where and what's been translated
    
97. Welsh Science Fiction Association
    sf in the land of the red dragon
    
98. Welsh Writing In English Yearbook
    data on Tony Brown's critical essays annual
    
99. Andrew Craig Williams
    new poetry and a lively site - recent overhaul
    
100. David Williams
     the Welsh crime novelist's web site - Chief Inspector Merlin Parry solves it again
101. The Wolfman Knew My Father
     Anthony Brockway's notes from the margins of Welsh culture. Some writers.
     
102. Writers' Holiday
     Anne Hobbs Caerleon six day annual residential writers' conference. Full details.
     
103. Year of Reading
     the all-Wales approach
104. Young Welsh and Poetic
     just what it says on the title bar
     
     
     And if you can't find what you want from the above then go directly to Wales On the Web, the Assembly funded comprehensive gateway run by the National Library of Wales.

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