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Peter Finch
Peter Finch is a poet, author and critic who lives in Cardiff. He is author of the hugely popular Real Cardiff books, published by Seren and series editor for the 'Real' series. Fi...view morePeter Finch is a poet, author and critic who lives in Cardiff. He is author of the hugely popular Real Cardiff books, published by Seren and series editor for the 'Real' series. Finch’s numerous poetry titles include Zen Cymru, Useful, Poems for Ghosts, Food, Selected Later Poems and The Machineries of Joy from Seren, Antibodies from Stride, and Vizet, a selected poems in Hungarian from Kronkét Könyvek. Peter is also the author of The Roots of Rock, from Cardiff to Mississippi and Back, which charts the evolution of rock and popular music from 1950s Cardiff Suburbia to modern day America and beyond.
Peter is a former publisher, bookseller and Chief Executive of the Welsh Academy (now Literature Wales), the Welsh Literature Promotion Agency and Society of Writers and recipient of the Ted Slade Award for Service to Poetry 2011. He compiles the poetry section for Macmillan’s annual Writer’s Handbook and the self-publishing section for A&C Black’s Writer’s and Artist’s Yearbook.view less
Books by Peter Finch
Roots of Rock, from Cardiff to Mississippi and Back High up in the Rolling Hills: A Living on the Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings