about
Rhys Owain Williams was born in 1987 and raised in Morriston, a large town located within the city of Swansea, Wales. He moved to the Sandfields area of the city as a student and, following a too-short period of travelling around North America, now lives in Brynmill.
Rhys's writing has been published in various magazines and anthologies, including Agenda, Lighthouse and Popshot, and was recently featured in a permanent public art project at Morriston Hospital, commissioned by Art in Site. His first poetry collection, That Lone Ship, was published by Parthian in 2018.
Rhys's writing has been published in various magazines and anthologies, including Agenda, Lighthouse and Popshot, and was recently featured in a permanent public art project at Morriston Hospital, commissioned by Art in Site. His first poetry collection, That Lone Ship, was published by Parthian in 2018.
"Rhys Owain Williams explores the ghostly ripples that are cast out by everyday happenings, reflecting on and weaving together the disparate strands of experience that make up a life."
– Review of That Lone Ship by Eleanor Howe, New Welsh Review
Having completed an English with Creative Writing degree at Swansea University, Rhys continued to study there for an MA in Creative Writing. In 2016, Rhys was named as a runner-up in the Wales PEN Cymru New Voices Competition, judged by Fflur Dafydd and Owen Sheers.
THE CRUNCHAlongside Richard James Jones and Adam Sillman, Rhys runs The Crunch multimedia poetry magazine.
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The GhastlingHe is also assistant editor of The Ghastling: a literary magazine dedicated to the macabre.
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The SWANSEA FRINGE Since 2018, Rhys has been the literature co-ordinator for The Swansea Fringe.
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writers at workRhys is part of the Hay Festival's Writers at Work programme.
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ART in SITESome of his poems are on permanent display at Morriston Hospital, Swansea.
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CommissionsThrough his writing, Rhys has responded to various artistic commissions.
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