Ysgrifennaf ffuglen yn bennaf – nofelau, straeon byrion a llên meicro. Dwi’n aelod o’r Society of Authors, a hefyd o gydweithfa awduron trosedd Crime Cymru – roeddwn yn rhan o dîm a sefydlodd gystadleuaeth y Nofel Drosedd Gyntaf, a chymerais ran yng ngŵyl ysgrifennu trosedd gyntaf yng Nghymru, Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival; dwi’n cyfrannu trwy gyfieithu’r wefan i’r Gymraeg. Dwi hefyd yn aelod o’r Climate Fiction Writers’ League. Cewch wybodaeth am fy nofelau ar gyfer cylchoedd darllen yma. Fel y nofelau, mae hon yn y Saesneg, ond bydda i’n hapus i siarad neu fynychu digwyddiadau yn y ddwy iaith.
After the Clearances
July 2025
Nofel ddamcaniaethol, a leolir yn y flwyddyn 2056 ond gyda’i gwreiddiau yn iaith, diwylliant a hanes diweddar Cymru.
This inventive, thought-provoking feat of climate fiction is as bold, beautiful and enthralling as the Welsh landscapes it conjures. Joanne Owen, Lovereading UK
In a fractured world, the past is never truly buried and the future depends on what we choose to remember.
On a remote island ravaged by storms, a community of exiles known as the Seeders fight to preserve a fragile, self-sufficient way of life. When Sandy arrives from the mainland bearing secrets, Glesni is forced to confront long-hidden truths about her people.
Far away in the wild hills,, Bela lives by her own rules. Fierce, unyielding and shaped by the land itself, her voice carries the weight of loss in a world scarred by collapse. But when she encounters Winter, a fugitive from a shadowy government programme, their unlikely bond forges a path that leads back to the Seeders and a reckoning with the myths that bind them all.
Rooted in Welsh history and rich with the rhythms of its language and landscape, After the Clearances is an evocative, hope-filled story of resilience, resistance and what it means to belong in the aftermath of what came before.
‘A compelling story of language, community and renewal – a powerful tale of tomorrow for our own time.’ Katherine Stansfield
Riverflow
2019
Nofel am helyntion teuluol a charu’r amgylchfyd.
The devastating effects of climate change are brought terrifyingly close to home in a gripping psychological novel Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month, August 2019
In a village in the Welsh Marches, the undercurrents are as dark and strong as the River Severn. After a beloved family member is drowned in a devastating flood, Bede and Elin Sherwell only want to pick up the pieces and pursue their off-grid life in peace. But when the very real prospect of fracking hits their village, they are drawn into the front line of the protests. During a spring of relentless rain, a series of mysterious threats and suspicious accidents put friendships on the line, and the Sherwells’ marriage under unbearable tension. Is there a connection with their uncle’s death? As the river rises in torrential rain, pressure mounts. Who is trying to ruin their world and how far will they go?
A haunting borders tale – a charming mystery, filled with love for the countryside alongside the grief both for loved individuals and the threats to rural beauty. Sarah Tanburn, Nation.Cymru
Someone Else’s Conflict
July 2025
Nofel am sgileffeithiau estynedig rhyfel a serch newydd, a lleolir yn Sir Efrog yn y presennol gydag ôl-fflachiau i’r rhyfel yng Nghroatia yn y 1990au.
A surprisingly sensitive and compassionate thriller, this is subtle, clever writing. A story about friendship, responsibility, remorse and how the past can incarcerate and command everyday lives. Lovereading UK Debut of the Month, January 2015
Jay has chosen an itinerant life of busking and odd-jobbing, using rootlessness and stories to hide the guilt of his mistakes from the 1990s war in Croatia, beneath an outward layer of cheerfulness. When he arrives in the Yorkshire Dales and meets Marilyn, an artist, he feels he has finally found a place he could settle and a woman he could love. Jay wants to be honest with Marilyn but as the flashbacks that haunt him begin to reappear, he finds it hard.
Marilyn is fresh out of a controlling relationship, eager to reassert her independence and establish her pottery business. When the barn she plans to convert to a workshop suffers storm damage and Jay offers to help, she is intrigued by her enigmatic new friend and wonders if the practical support he gives her in rebuilding her life could turn to something more. How much of the stories he tells contain truth? Can she trust him?
When young economic migrant Vinko enters their lives, the past catches up with the present and stories become reality. Murder and kidnap force them both to decide how much they can believe and what it is they really want.
The story contrasts the idyllic Yorkshire Dales setting with the gritty reality of Northern cities, underlaid with a backdrop of the troubled times in 1990s Croatia.
The compelling storyline complete with wonderful, vivid characters, makes this a sensational read, beautifully written and fluid, that had me intrigued and enthralled all the way through. Whispering Stories
Straeon byrion a llên meicro
Enillais gystadleuaeth y stori fer yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn 2002, Coron Eisteddfod Powys yn yr un flwyddyn, a dwy gystadleuaeth lên meicro yng nghylchgrawn Golwg tua’r un adeg. Mae fy ngwaith (adolygiadau, stori fer, straeon meicro) wedi ymddangos yng nghylchgrawn llenyddol Taliesin, ac mae ambell ddarn gen i yn y casgliad Corachod Digartref, gol. Sian Northey. Ceir stori fer gen i yng nghasgliad Honno Cast a Long Shadow.
Mwynheais gymryd rhan mewn prosiect ‘A Thousand Word Photos’, lle cafodd awduron ffoto fel man cychwyn ar gyfer stori fil o eiriau. Darllenwch fy nghyfraniad, Thirst, yma.