A POET'S GUIDE TO BRITAIN

THE DUST DIARIES

The author embarks on a journey through Zimbabwe to better understand the life of an obscure relative, Arthur Cripps, a poet and missionary to Rhodesia. At the start of the tale is a love story and an abandoned daughter.

I SAW A MAN

After the sudden loss of his wife, Michael Turner moves to London and develops a close friendship with the Nelson family next door. This friendship at first seems to offer the prospect of healing, but then a catastrophic event changes everything. Michael is left bearing the burden of a secret he must keep, but the truth can only be kept at bay for so long.

RESISTANCE

It is 1944 and Britain is under Nazi occupation. In a remote Welsh valley the farmers’ wives wake to find their husbands gone. As the harsh winter weather arrives the women are forced to co-operate with a German patrol but the delicate peace is soon shattered.

SKIRRID HILL

This collection revolves around two poems 'Y Gaer' and 'The Hillfort', the titles suggesting the linguistic divide in Wales, from poems concerned with a Welsh childhood, to a more outward looking vision both geographically and historically.