Christopher Meredith is a novelist and poet from Wales. He was born and brought up in Tredegar. He lives with his wife in Brecon and is professor of creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. He has published three collections of poetry, This, Snaring Heaven and The Meaning of Flight and three novels, Shifts, Griffri and Sidereal Time. He has also translated a Welsh language novel, Melog by Mihangel Morgan, into English. All are published by Seren, 57 Nolton Street, Bridgend CF31 3BN, Wales, tel 01656 663018, or email.
His first collection of poems, This, won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writer Prize and his first novel, Shifts, won the Welsh Arts Council Fiction Prize. The second, the historical novel Griffri, was shortlisted for the Welsh Book of the Year Award. The Meaning of Flight was longlisted for the Book of the Year Award in 2006.
Other publications include a children's book in Welsh, Nadolig Bob Dydd, published in 2000 by Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion, and an English version of it, Christmas Every Day, from Pont Books in 2006.
Site map
Events and list of publications
Forthcoming readings and other activities.
Poems
Information and reviews; also some poems. These will change every so often.
Novels
Details of novels
Sidereal Time
An extract from the novel Sidereal Time
Griffri
An extract from the novel Griffri
Review
A review of the novel Griffri
Nadolig Bob Dydd
An illustrated children's book in Welsh
Review
A review of Christopher Meredith's translation of Mihangel Morgan's novel Melog
The Cuttings File
A page of press cuttings on various books
FAQS
Some questions that have cropped up frequently in email or the Guestbook
Guestbook
Links
The Welsh Academi
Information on writing in Wales
Seren
Web site of Christopher Meredith's publisher
Gwasg Gomer
Publisher of Chris's illustrated Welsh-language children's book, Nadolig Bob Dydd
Peter Finch's Welsh Literary Links
Wales on the Web
General Welsh links
The Poetry Kit
General poetry information
The Poetry Society
More information and links
Sara Philpott
Site of the painter, Chris's collaborator on The Afanc King and the Sons of Teyrnon
Martin Williams
Matt Williams is a Breconshire artist and a former student of Chris’s.
Martin Blyth
Site of the late writer. preserved by the British Library
Patrick Martin
Great site for finding any poet, living or dead, with a Web presence
Poetry Archive
What it says. A good place to find older texts you might be looking for
Matthew Francis
Poet and novelist and teacher of creative writing at the University of Aberystwyth. Matthew's site also contains some pages on the poet W S Graham
Paul Henry
Another Welsh poet who has taught at the University of Glamorgan
Catherine Fisher
Poet and children's fantasy writer; has taught at the University of Glamorgan...
Sheenagh Pugh
I'm also Christopher's colleague at the University of Glamorgan and I maintain this site, so if you find a fault, please email me
Thanks to Boogie Jack's Web Depot for the site background
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