Cynan Jones
Cynan Jones was born in 1975 near Aberaeron, Wales. He is the author of five short novels, The Long Dry, Everything I Found on the Beach, Bird, Blood, Snow, The Dig, and Cove. His work is published in over 20 countries and has won several prizes including a Betty Trask Award, the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Award, the Wales Book of the Year Fiction prize, and the BBC National Short Story Award. He has also written stories for radio and screen, and a collection of tales for children. Other writing has appeared in numerous publications including Granta and the New Yorker. He was elected a Fellow of the RSL in 2019. www.cynanjones.com
Publications
Cynan Jones on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Kestrel
Cynan Jones
‘A kestrel is not domestic. The one time I tried affection the bird put his beak through my lip.’
Five Things Right Now | The Online Edition
Five Things Right Now: Cynan Jones
Cynan Jones
‘A pair of seagulls. I say a pair. They might just be good friends.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
A Letter From Wales
Cynan Jones
‘Believe me – it will be impossible for you not to wonder – when I vow I am entirely sane.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Brazilian Diary
Cynan Jones
‘It’s quite a phone call to get: ‘Will you go to Brazil for us?’’
In Conversation | Issue 119
Cynan Jones | Podcast
Cynan Jones & Ted Hodgkinson
Cynan Jones spoke to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about why he doesn’t want to be defined as a Welsh writer, the pleasures and challenges of writing short stories and novellas and writing about the growing pains of adolescence.
