As part of Art Across The City 2014, we have commissioned three writers and poets as part of the Dylan Thomas 100 centenary. New stories and poems from Niall Griffiths, Rhian Edwards and Rachel Trezise will appear across Swansea. Niall Griffiths is an award winning author, whose book Kelly + Victor was made into a recent feature film. He also writes travel pieces, restaurant and book reviews, and radio and screen plays. Griffiths was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, and now lives in Penrhyncoch near Aberystwyth.
Who are you?
I’m Niall. Late forties. Living in mid Wales below a mountain.
Hello, how are you?
I’m absolutely grand.
What do you do?
Write and read and write some more. Then write some more.
What have you been doing recently?
I’ve finished the screenplay for my novel Wreckage. The film of my third novel, Kelly+Victor, has been nominated for a BAFTA. And I’ve recently returned from St Helena, which was odd and amazing. Cape Town too, where I nearly got shot, but that was partly my fault. Another lesson learned.
What are you doing for Art Across The City in Swansea?
I’ll be imagining the thoughts inside giant heads. (Niall will be writing 4 micro-fictions to sit alongside Ultimate Holding Company’s work in Swansea Bus Station).
What are your ideas behind the work?
To show the epic thoughts occurring behind the faces of people you walk past in the street.
What do you think the public will make of it?
I really don’t know. It’ll be interesting to find out, though.
What are you up to next?
A novel called Broken Ghost.
