Peter Finch is a Welsh author, historian and poet living in Cardiff, Wales.
Until 2012 he was Chief Executive first of Academi., the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society of Writers and then its successor body, Literature Wales.
As a writer, he works in both traditional and experimental forms.
He is known for his poetry readings, his creative work based on his native city of Cardiff, his talks on the history of rock music and his psychogeographic cycle and walking tours around the capital of Wales.