Selected Poems: Peter Finch

Peter Finch is a poet, critic, author and literary entrepreneur living in Cardiff,Wales. He is Chief Executive of Academi, the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society of Writers. As a writer he works in both traditional and experimental forms. He is best known for his declamatory poetry readings, his creative work based on his native city of Cardiff and his encyclopedicknowledge of the UK poetry publishing scene. In the sixties and seventies he edited the ground-breaking literary magazine, second aeon, exhibited visual poetry internationally and toured with sound poet Bob Cobbing. In the eighties and nineties he concerned himself with performance poetry, was a founder member of Cabaret 246 and of the trio Horse's Mouth. In the new millennium he was working on psychogeographies and alternative guides to his native city of Cardiff.He is currently editing titles for Seren's Real Wales series.Until 2007 Peter Finch compiled the poetry section of Writer's Handbook. He continues to write the self-publishing section for Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. He is a book reviewer and writes articles on Cardiff,Wales and the business of poetry. His poetry and criticism is widely published in magazines and anthologies.Finch, Peter is the author of 'Selected Poems: Peter Finch', published 2008 under ISBN 9781854114402 and ISBN 1854114409.