He managed a Cardiff bookshop for thirty years, and was editor of several poetry magazines, notably Second Aeon. He is also an expert on self-publishing. Since 1998, he has been chief executive of Yr Academi Gymreig, the Welsh literary organisation which acts as the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency.
PeterFinch is a poet, critic, author and literary entrepreneur living in Cardiff, Wales.
Finch is author of a number of works on poetry and book publishing, compiles the poetry section of Macmillan's annual Writer's Handbook and the self-publishing section for AandC Black's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook.
Finch is currently working the follow up - Real Cardiff Two - The Greater City as well as editing a new anthology of fiction and poetry from the city, The Book of Cardiff.