File 27 - Published contributions to periodicals and collections

Published periodicals and collections, 2010-2018, containing material contributed by Niall Griffiths including articles by him, reviews by him, extracts from his novels, a short story by him and an interview with him, together with other material relating to his work.

The articles by him cover subjects including a meeting with a ‘character’ (In the Red [2010]); homecomings (New Welsh Review Autumn 2010); a big cat in Montana (Red Handed Winter 2010); the expense of living in poverty (Red Handed Spring 2010); life as a writer (Red Handed Summer 2010); writer’s block (Red Handed Autumn 2010); a visit to Bardsey (Red Handed Summer 2011); the filming of Kelly + Victor (Red Handed Autumn 2011); a visit to a rehab centre (Red Handed Spring 2012); invasive species and toffs (Red Handed Autumn 2012); a conversation with a homeless man (Red Handed Winter 2013); a close encounter with a deadly snake (Red Handed Summer 2013); the football World Cup in South Africa (Red Handed Autumn 2013); looking forward to spring (Red Handed Winter [2014]); the set of Hinterland (Red Handed 2014 [Autumn]), artists and directors behaving badly (Red Handed 2014 [Autumn]); a visit to St Helena (New Welsh Review 2014); finding old friends on the internet (Red Handed 2015 [Winter]); his own graduation (Red Handed 2015 [Autumn]); and a tribute to his first agent, together with a typescript letter from the publishers (Memories of David Miller 2018).

The reviews by him discuss: Diamond star halo by Tiffany Murray (New Welsh Review Summer 2010); Cloud road: a journey through the Inca heartland by John Harrison (New Welsh Review 2011); On a bender by Eduardo Blanco Amor (Planet 2012); Seán Tyrone: a symphony of horrors by Mark Ryan (New Welsh Review 2013); Limestone man by Robert Minhinnick (Planet Winter 2015/16:); The cove by Cynan Jones (The Spectator 2016); Midwinter break by Bernard MacLaverty (The Spectator 2017); Limestone country by Fiona Sampson (Planet Winter 2017/18:); and American histories by John Edgar Wideman (The Spectator 2018).

The extracts from his novels include A great big shining star (Blown 2010/11) and Broken Ghost (The Lampeter Review 2015).

Also included are: his short stories, ‘Lesson’ (The Flash 2010) and ‘Snežna ujma’ ([‘Snow damage’] Ffiniau aflonydd: antologija sodobne valižanske književnosti 2010); an interview with him (In the Red [2011]); words by him to accompany photography by David Barnes in King tide (Blown 2012); and an article about Liverpool which refers to him (New Statesman 2012).