A new Translation of Culhwch and Olwen

The translation will be published by Shearsman in 2026. You can find information and samples on their website by clicking on the link below which will open a new window.

Shearsman UK

You can find also notes on the translation on this blog by using the tags to navigate to them

Translating 'Culhwch and Olwen'

Culhwch arrives at Arthur’s court, though this scene should be taking place inside the hall….

I’m ‘translating’ the medieval Welsh prose of Culhwch and Olwen into a modern English verse sequence. First attempts are now published on David Cooke’s The High Window.

You can read them by clicking on this link:

Seven Extracts from Culhwch ac Olwen

Second group is published at The Brazen Head:
https://brazen-head.org/2024/08/19/three-translations-from-culhwch-ac-owen/

Chapter three of the Story of Vortigern. 'Adolf of Gloucester goes to the Wall'

https://brazen-head.org/2021/06/09/adolf-of-gloucester-goes-to-the-wall/

Chapter three of the Story of Vortigern is now on line at the link above. The Prologue and Chapter One have appeared in Long Poem Magazine. Chapter two is also online at the Brazen Head.

(Adolf is an oddity. He has a very German name for a British Hero.)