Author of the Month
Each month on the Libraries Wales website, we will focus on an inspiring author based in or writing about Wales. You’ll have an introduction to their latest book, a short biography of the author, what inspires them to write, and any advice they have for young writers, all available in exclusive interviews which you can read here.
Since introducing this feature, some of our focused authors to date have been Jon Blake, Dai Smith, Rob Gittins, and our very own Children’s Laureate Wales, Eloise Williams.
Are you a teacher or librarian? A special flyer will be available to download and print every month based on each of our showcased authors that can be used for educational purposes.
We will focus on two authors every month writing in English and Welsh. Link to the Welsh-language Author of the Month available here.
December 2, 2024
Angela Graham
Angela Graham is from Northern Ireland. She became a full-time writer in 2017, following a long career as a film maker in documentary and drama (BAFTA Cymru Awards, Oscar Foreign-language entrant). A Writer’s Bursary from Literature Wales helped Angela complete her collection of 26 short stories set in Wales, Northern Ireland and Italy, and […]
Read moreNovember 6, 2024
Rebecca Wilson
Rebecca Wilson is Jewish and Welsh writer who was born and raised in Gwynedd. At 16 she went to study Musical Theatre and English Literature at Arts Educational Schools London Sixth Form and is an East 15 Acting School graduate. She has worked for the National Theatre, Frantic Assembly, Sherman Theatre, Fran Wen, Theatr Clwyd, […]
Read moreOctober 2, 2024
Stevie Davies
Stevie Davies is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Swansea University. She has published widely in the fields of fiction, literary criticism, biography and popular history. Her novel The Element of Water (2001) was long-listed for the Booker and Orange Prizes and won the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year in 2002. Her […]
Read moreSeptember 5, 2024
Catrin Kean
Catrin Kean was awarded a place on the Hay Festival Writers At Work scheme for emerging writers from 2016-2018. Her short stories have been published in Riptide Journal, Bridge House Anthologies, The Ghastling and Syncopation Journal. Her debut novel Salt won the 2021 Rhys Davies Fiction Award, the Wales Arts Review People’s Choice Award, and the overall […]
Read moreAugust 1, 2024
Claire Fayers
Claire Fayers grew up in South Wales, went to university in Canterbury, and is now back in Wales where she likes to tramp around castles in the rain, hoping to see dragons! She lives with her husband and two cats who sit on her keyboard and stop her from writing. When the cats will […]
Read moreJuly 1, 2024
Özgür Uyanık
From Özgür Uyanık, novelist and film director, comes a debut collection of audacious, darkly wry and compassionate short stories. Men Alone is a meditative vision from a unique voice that explores the many – often confounding – permutations of modern masculinity. Driven by universal themes of desire, mortality, loss and yearning, each story […]
Read moreJune 7, 2024
Sophie Zalayet
Sophie Zalayet was born in Wales and grew up in the industrial town of Port Talbot. She had a vivid imagination and loved writing short stories, drawing and painting. She pursued a career in design attending Foundation Art studies at Swansea Institute and completed her education in 2001 at the University of Gloucestershire where […]
Read moreMay 1, 2024
Karin Celestine
Have you ever been taken by surprise by an idea? A moment of wonder, a recognition of beauty, a spark of inspiration; we’ve all enjoyed the magic that comes with the unexpected. The Joy Bringers by Karin Celestine is a book of these hidden delights. Artist and author Karin Celestine lives in […]
Read moreApril 1, 2024
Meredith Miller
Meredith Miller was born and raised on Long Island, New York. Before moving to the UK in 1997, she lived in Oregon and New Orleans. She has published two previous novels, Little Wrecks (2017) and How We Learned to Lie (2018). She lives in mid Wales in a tiny house with a chapel attached. […]
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