Machineries of Joy, The

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Casgliad newydd o gerddi bywiog, hwyliog, llym a hynod ddifyr gan Peter Finch, bardd-berfformiwr o Gaerdydd yw Machineries of Joy , sy'n adlewyrchu'r byd yn ei holl gymhlethdod cyfoes.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Machineries of Joy is the vibrant, uproarious, pointed and wildly entertaining new collection from renowned Cardiff-based performance poet, Peter Finch. Known for his inventive and multi-faceted formal strategies and his best-selling psychogeographical peregrinations around Wales and the USA, Finch gives us the world in all its contemporary complexity.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Peter Finch is a poet, writer, performer, psychogeographer and literary entrepreneur living in Cardiff. He was at the forefront of the UK’s small press revolution in the 60s and the 70s and pioneered performance poetry in Wales during the 1980s. From 1974 to 1995 he ran the Oriel Bookshop in Charles Street, and later The Friary, Cardiff. From 1996 to 2011 he was Chief Executive of Yr Academi Gymreig / The Welsh Academy, an organisation which was later rebranded as Literature Wales. He specialises in books about the Capital including the successful 'Real Cardiff' series (4 vols – published by Seren Books), 'Edging The Estuary' (Seren Books), and 'The Roots Of Rock From Cardiff To Mississippi And Back' (Seren). His latest book is 'Walking Cardiff', a walking guide to the welsh capital, in conjunction with photographer John Briggs.