'The Cavalry': A Story For Christmas by Christopher Meredith: Write On! Audio Weekly

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print In this week’s episode we’re bringing you a story for Christmas.  ‘The Cavalry’ is by award-winning and critically acclaimed Welsh poet and novelist Christopher Meredith. The story you're about to hear is a seasonal piece set in the early 1960s in south Wales.  It's called 'The Cavalry' and it's from Chris's collection 'Brief Lives' which is published by Seren. You can order a copy of Brief Lives here https://www.serenbooks.com/book/brief-lives/  Christopher Meredith is the award-winning author of five novels and five collections of poetry and also translates Welsh to English. Prizes include an Eric Gregory Award, the Arts Council of Wales Young Writer Prize and the Fiction Prize for his first novel, Shifts. His second novel, Griffri, was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award.  His collection of poems, The Meaning of Flight, was long-listed for The Book of the Year Award 2006.  He has given readings all over Britain and Europe as well as in Israel/Palestine and the USA.  Born and brought up in Tredegar, he was a steelworker and a schoolteacher before becoming a professor of creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. He lives in Brecon. A collection of six short fictions, titled Brief Lives, was released in 2018. Find out more about Christopher Meredith by visiting his website here https://christophermeredit9.wixsite.com/website All content in audio, onscreen and in print is protected and may not be copied or used for any purposes including generative AI/AI training.  We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio.  This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England.