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English in Flintshire and Aberystwyth. He then became Literature Officer (and subsequently Literature Director) at the Welsh Arts Council in Cardiff - an organisation that provided him with material for his first novel
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in 2015, sealing his fame as a superb exponent of Welsh language in the 21st century. The book delves into the thoughts of Tomos
Rowlands who is obsessed with sounds and tries to make sense of his life through them.
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