Gwen Davies (editor)
Gwen Davies (born 1960s) is a
Background
Davies, the youngest of four children in a
She currently lives in Aberystwyth with her husband and a son and daughter.[2]
Career
Davies' began her first job in 1985 as a writer/editorial assistant on Planet magazine. She later managed the Welsh-language children's publisher, Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion, before becoming Literature Officer of the Arts Council of Wales in 1995.
Davies was the original fiction editor of Parthian Books, working on titles such as Rachel Trezise's Fresh Apples, which won the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2006. Davies also edited Alcemi Books, the literary fiction imprint of Y Lolfa.
In 2011, Gwen Davies took over as the editor of the New Welsh Review. She altered the format and appearance of the magazine and included in it regular illustrations by the freelance designer Jamie Hamley.[1]
References
- ^ a b "A new New Welsh Review". Literature Wales. 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Gwen Davies". New Welsh Review. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
- ^ Judy Darley (12 July 2009). "Gwen Davies of Alcemi Books describes the working relationship between editors and authors". Essential Writers. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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