Matthew Francis

I am a poet, novelist and professor emeritus in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. I am the author of seven poetry collections, two novels, and a collection of short stories. I am also the editor of W.S. Graham’s New Collected Poems, and author of a study of Graham, Where the People Are. I live in West Wales with my wife, Creina.

Books in order of publication:

Blizzard – 1996

Mandeville – 2008

Singing a Man to Death – 2012

Muscovy – 2013

The Book of the Needle – 2014

The Mabinogi – 2017

Wing – 2020

Depersonalization and Creative Writing – 2022

Nocturne with Gaslamps – 2025

The Green Month – 2026