Thirty years, twenty books, two languages
Award-winning poetry in Welsh and English, social and religious studies on Judaism and Islam, an award-nominated novel, and two volumes of psychogeography, plus several themed anthologies.
A Darker Way
A second volume after a well-received debut, A Darker Way is a collection of poems and songs which traces a hard-won but redemptive path between idealism and irony, failure and faith. Davies is a poet in the bardic tradition who speaks to and for the community, exploring what it is to be human.
"A contemporary Philip Larkin, Davies combines major themes and unpretentious artistry," Carol Rumens.
"Sometimes I read something and it seems to be so 'right' it is beautiful..." Clare Dudman on Real Wrexham
"For this novel, Davies deserves international acclaim. It is simply the best novel I have ever read from our nation ..." Mike Jenkins on Everything Must Change
"...one of the clearest public poetic voices of his generation," Emyr Lewis on Achos
“I don’t often laugh aloud when reading a volume of poetry, or turn unprompted to a companion and say ‘Listen to this!’. But that was my experience when reading Cadwyni Rhyddid by Grahame Davies," Gerwyn Wiliams.
"A study which will immediately earn its place in the front rank of contemporary criticism,” Dafydd Glyn Jones on Sefyll yn y Bwlch
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