List Of Writers

REES, LLOYD

7 Finbury Terrace, Brynmill, Swansea, SA2 0AH
Tel: (01792) 233854 (home) / (01792) 481224 (work)
Email: lloydrees@learnfree.com / lloyd.rees@sihe.ac.uk

Novelist, poet and short story writer. Born in London and brought up in Swansea, Lloyd was educated at Sussex and Swansea. He is a Senior lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Swansea Institute of Higher Education. His first novel shortlisted for BBC Wales Book of the Year. Lloyd is also a Bridport prizewinner for his short story. His poetry and stories have been widely published, including in NWR, Poetry Wales, Envoi, Poetry Nottingham International, Staple, Cambrensis and many other journals.

Reviews:
With respect to Simple Arithmetic (Cinnamon, 2008)

"…Strong, supple poetry steeped in the passion and pain of modern living, in which relationships are constantly renewable - and fatally fragile..."
Herbert Williams

Selected Publications:
Novels
Don’t Stand So Close (Seren, 1993)
The Show–Me State (Seren, 1995)

Poetry
Mangoes on the Moon (Alun Books, 1999)
Better Than Naples (Christopher Davies, 1999)
Swansea Poems (Christopher Davies, 2001)
Simple Arithmetic (Cinnamon, 2008)

Contributed to:
To Liu and all Mankind (co-writer) (Tooth & Nail, 1995)

Simple Arithmetic (Cinnamon, 2008)

With Simple Arithmetic Rees revisits...themes of memory, the changing sessions, the ephemerality of love - the need to struggle on despite the frailty and vulnerability of the human frame. The prevailing tone is Larkin-esque: ironic and self-mockingly poignant. In these poems, he has moved on...to a greater honesty and depth. There is typical sardonic humour;...an insight into Lloyd Rees’ exceptional versatility as a poet.

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Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
1. Readings from/ discussion of own poetry and fiction
2. Creative writing workshops in poetry and short story writing
3. Writing sitcoms

AGE RANGE: Older secondary school/tertiary/higher education/ adults.