My friend Mick (Michael) Felton, who has died aged 67 of cancer, was a publisher, a fierce advocate for literature in Wales and for nearly 40 years worked to promote original poetry, fiction, memoirs, psychogeography and criticism.
He joined a fledgling publisher based in south Wales – Seren (star in Welsh) – that was set up by Cary Archard in 1981 as an extension of the magazine Poetry Wales. It was run from a kitchen table in Bridgend and later from the Ogmore-by-Sea house of the poet and writer Dannie Abse. Mick worked at the editing desk as the sole employee and eventually became the chief executive. He also served as a trustee of the Poetry Society.
