Cliff has written twelve one act plays, including the award winning “Select Accommodation”, which has subsequently been published and widely performed. A Cloverdale competition prize winner in 1993, he saw publication in the United States, where his work was compared with the French poet, Jacques Prevert.
1994 saw publication of his first collection, “Revolutionary Newspapers”, (Three Spires Press) for which he was described as “an important new voice”. The collection was followed by “Eye to Eye” (Three Spires Press) in 1996, A collaborative work, illustrated by his late brother, the painter, illustrator and former pop music photographer David Wedgbury.
In 2002 his third collection "Beautiful Guitars and Other Poems" was published, followed in 2004 by "Kiss", a collection of 33 new poems published by Belfast Lapwing.
Cliff is a member of Poetry Ireland's 'Poets in Schools' Scheme and is regularly invited to give readings and workshops.
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