Biography
Paul was born in Crystal Palace, London in 1988, moving to Croydon as a young child and receiving most of his secondary education there. His family decided to move from the hustle and bustle of city life and settled in Wrexham, North Wales in 2001 where he continued his education until the age of nineteen years Paul started writting in 2010 after a friend who later became his mentor saw his work and gave him the the ignition to write more and Paul ploughed on in writing his first book Slices of Life Short - Stories & Poems, which was published in 2011. The book proved popular among readers and the paperback edition sold well through Amazon, at events and using his website. Paul is an established self-published Author, poet and writer living in the North Wales area. His two books the latest being My Heart Bleeds Ink (2016) have ranked high on Amazon Kindle with praise from renowed poets on his writing skills. He often performs his work around Wrexham and the North West region at various literary events and festivals. He is often on Wrexham's local radio station reading his poems and talking about the latest literary events happening in or around Wrexham. Most recently Paul took over the duties of organising and hosting the popular and established Viva Voce literary open mic sessions at St Christopher's School - Stockwell Cafe situated within Wrexham. Though Paul helped establish co-organise and on occasions co-present these events with Aled Lewis Evans. This is his first hosting duties going solo. He has proven popular among audiences, regular and new readers to the event. Paul is very proud of the work that he and Aled put in over the past 7 years to ensure that Viva Voce has strong connections in the literary community ascross Wrexham. Since Viva Voce launched (2012) it has proven popular locally and nationally, appeared on s4C and for the past three years Viva Voce has been part of The Carnival of Words with Alys Conran and Les Barker as guest readers. Paul is a member of the Chester Poets who is an ambitious writer that gets great pleasure from splashing his creative literary mind and imagination like a painting onto paper sometimes allowing the reader to put their own interpretations into the poetry and stories he has written.
Books
Selection: Slices of Life (2011) My Heart Bleeds Ink (2016) Contributed to: Fragile Things (2019) Unheard - (2016)
Apperances Past & Present
Festival of Firsts (Wirral) World Peace Day (Wrexham) Viva Voce (Wrexham) Voicebox (Wrexham) Ginger (Chester) Wrexham on My Mind (Wrexham) Calon FM (Wrexham) Vintage Radio (Birkenhead) Chester Poets (Chester) Street Festival (Wrexham) Testify (Chester)
Samples
Easter Ignorance Retailers doors open on a sunny morning to the hungry shoppers splashing out on the slashed Easter bank holiday pricing. An empty paper cup grasped by weathered hands reach out for a coin or two from within the shadows of a closed, unused retailer door. Barely noticeable from within the shadows to humanity’s ignorance as they spend, spend, spend in the various shops. © Paul Clifton Moonlight Wine All you need is the moonlight. A glass of wine and me to talk to, to know you. © Paul Clifton
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