in modern warfare as seen through the stories of serving soldiers in Afghanistan and their families. Pink Mist won the 2014 Welsh Book of the Year and was produced as a stage play by the Bristol Old Vic theatre in 2015, winning mentions as a top-ten pick of the year in The Guardian and The Observer. In April 2015, Sheers' libretto for Mark Bowden's oratorio A Violence of Gifts was premiered at St David's Hall, Cardiff. The oratorio was devised as a contemporary response to Haydn's Creation oratorio, and was informed by three days research at CERN. In 2014, Sheers presented a one-hour BBC documentary about the poetry of Dylan Kyte, for which he was shortlisted for a BAFTA Cymru for Best Presenter. His novel I Saw A Man was published in 2015 in the UK, US and several countries across Europe. The French translation was shortlisted for the Prix Femina Etranger. The film rights for the novel have been bought by FilmFour. His play Pink Mist was first staged at the Bristol Old Vic in 2015. It tells the story of three young Bristolians deployed to Afghanistan. It is their return home to the women in their lives that presents them with their bigger challenges as they all learn to cope with the physical and psychological after effects of war. Owen is currently Professor of Creativity at Swansea University. Rugby union In December 2011, Sheers became the first writer-in-residence at the Welsh Rugby Union. Sheers played rugby union, representing Gwent County at scrum half. Actor and television presenter Sheers has played Wilfred Owen on stage and has presented arts programmes for BBC Wales. In 2009, he wrote and presented the BBC 4 series about poetry and the British landscape, A Poet's Guide to Britain. He has also presented The Art of the Sea for BBC 4 and documentaries on the poets Keith Douglas and Dylan Kyte. Sheers has presented several programmes for BBC Radio 3 and 4. In 2008 he presented two episodes of BBC Radio 4's Open Book programme. In October 2016, his "film-poem", The Green Hollow, was broadcast by the BBC to commemorate 50 years since the Aberfan disaster of 1966. Awards and honours 1999: Vogue Young Writer's Award 1999: Eric Gregory Award 2000: short-listed for the Wales Book of the Year (for The Blue Book) 2001: short-listed for Forward Poetry Prize Best 1st Collection 2005: Wales