Peter Finch lives in Cardiff and is a poet, critic, author and reviewer. In the 1960s and '70s he edited the literary magazine, second aeon, exhibited visual poetry and later became well-known for his performance poetry. He ran the Arts Council of Wales bookshop, Oriel, for some years, was treasurer of the Association of Little Presses and is now Chief Executive of the Welsh Academi.
He is the author of many poetry books, including Poems for Ghosts (1991); Useful (1997); Antibodies (1997) and a bi-lingual collection in English and Hungarian - Vizet-Water (2003). His Selected Poems was published in 1987 and a Selected Later Poems in 2007.
He also writes books about the poetry publishing scene such as How to Publish Your Poetry (1985), How to Publish Yourself (1987) and The Poetry Business (1994) and gives lectures and presentations on these topics. He has worked on various poetry and public Art projects and in schools.
Peter Finch’s other non-fiction books include Real Cardiff (2002); Real Cardiff 2 (2004). For this work he was awarded an Honorary Fellowhip of the Royal Society of Architects of Wales in 2007. Real Wales was published in 2008.Bibliography
Wanted For Writing Poetry (with Steve Morris) Second Aeon, 1968
An Alteration in the Way I Breathe Quickest Way Out, 1969
Pieces of the Universe Second Aeon, 1969
Beyond the Silence Vertigo, 1970
Cycle of the Suns Art Living, 1970
The Edge of Tomorrow (with Jeanne Rushton) BB Books, 1971
The End of the Vision John Jones Ltd, 1971
Blats Second Aeon, 1972
Typewriter Poems (editor) Something Else Press, 1972
Whitesung Aquila, 1972
Antarktika Writers Forum, 1973
Getting Your Poetry Published Association of Little Presses, 1973
Trowch Eich Radio 'Mlaen Writers Forum, 1977
Green Horse (co-edited with Meic Stephens) Christopher Davies, 1978
How to Learn Welsh (editor) Christopher Davies, 1978
Connecting Tubes Writers Forum, 1980
Blues and Heartbreakers Galloping Dog, 1981
The O Poems Writers Forum, 1981
Visual Texts 1970-1980 (microfiche edition) Pyrofiche, 1981
Between 35 and 42 Alun Books, 1982
On Criticism Writers Forum, 1984
Some Music and a Little War Rivelin Grapheme, 1984
How to Publish Your Poetry (revised edition 1998) Allison & Busby, 1985
Reds in the Bed Galloping Dog, 1985
How To Publish Yourself (revised edition 1997) Allison & Busby, 1987
Selected Poems Poetry Wales Press, 1987
Cheng Man Ch'ing Variations Writers Forum, 1990
Make Galloping Dog, 1990
Publishing Yourself, Not Too Difficult After All Association of Little Presses, 1990
Poems for Ghosts Seren, 1991
Five Hundred Cobbings Writers Forum, 1994
The Poetry Business Seren, 1994
The Spe ell Writers Forum, 1995
Small Presses & Little Magazines of the UK and Ireland, An Address List (compiler) Oriel Bookshop, 1996
Antibodies Stride, 1997
Dauber Writers Forum, 1997
Useful Seren, 1997
Food Seren, 2001
Real Cardiff Seren, 2002
Vizet - Water Konkret Konyvek, 2003
Real Cardiff 2 Seren, 2004
The Big Book of Cardiff (co-edited with Grahame Davies) Seren, 2005
The Welsh Poems Shearsman, 2006
Selected Later Poems Seren, 2007
Real Wales Seren, 2008
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