Gareth Rees is a writer and editor living in Truro, Cornwall with his wife, two children and Jack Russell terrier.

Born in Cardiff in 1982, he graduated from Swansea University with a BA in History and Philosophy, before attending Cardiff School of Journalism and embarking on a 16-year career in journalism, content creation and copywriting.

Now he writes fiction.

His latest book, Give Him a Little Earth, is a ‘long story’ imagining the possible lives of a human skeleton excavated from the clifftop overlooking Newtrain Bay, Trevone, Cornwall. A man who lived at some point between 1580 and 1790. Designed by Luke Thompson (Guillemot Press), illustrated by Anupa Gardner and printed by Palace Printers, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, Give Him a Little Earth was published by Cornwall National Landscape as a limited-edition hardback, accompanied by ‘Bury My Bones’, a sea shanty written and performed by singer-songwriter Toby Lobb (Fisherman’s Friends, Loveridge).

He edited and contributed to Twelve Stories for Twelve Sections (Hermitage Press 2024), an anthology of short fiction inspired by Cornwall's protected landscape commissioned by Cornwall National Landscape. ‘Giggling in My Jar’, his short story from Twelve Stories, read by the author, was broadcast on BBC Radio Cornwall as part of the BBC Sounds series ‘Stories inspired by Cornwall's protected landscape’.

His short fiction has appeared in literary journals Aloe (‘Crowblack’ 2020), Field (‘Ankevys (Forgotten)’ 2022) and Meat (‘The Man in the White Coat’ 2007). His audio story, ‘Things You Should Know About Grandad’, performed by actors from The Story Republic, was broadcast on The Writers’ Block podcast as part of its series ‘Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups’. 

He’s led workshops for both Cornwall National Landscape (Bodmin Environment Arts Science & Theatre (BEAST), Art in the Landscape at Tehidy) and The Writers’ Block (‘Everybody Has a Story’, ‘Writing the Past’). 

A graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University’s MFA Creative Writing programme, he recently embarked on a PhD exploring ‘Contemporary Approaches to the Neo-Victorian Novel’ through the writing of a novel inspired by the early political life of David Lloyd George. He’s a PhD Researcher affiliated to MMU’s Centre for Fiction.