Award-winning writer Davies, who would prefer to be known as a Sino-Celtic 
writer, softly and delightfully, explored the art of writing short stories. For Davies the greatest gift he can offer his creative writing students is to value the need for patience in the writing process. The single word ‘possibilities’, written across one of his first submitted stories to a literary magazine, cogitated on for three years, was the eventual catalyst for Davies’ writing career.
He sees it as a very difficult process, much harder than quantum physics (the specialty of his first degree). However, he believes it can lead to perfection, unlike the writing of a novel.
His first novel, The Welsh Girl, has been described as leaving one “thinking about the nature of cowardice and patriotism, identity and roots” (Jessica Mann).
Ho Davies, a very self-effacing, charming and enthusiastic writer, left the audience very satisfied with their hour-long glimpse into the writing and personality of the author.
