Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer) explained

Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer) should not be confused with Lloyd Jones (New Zealand author).

Lloyd Jones (born 14 July 1951) is a poet, novelist and photographer. In 2002 he became the first person to walk completely around Wales, a journey of a thousand miles.

Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he lives at Abergwyngregyn and has formerly worked on a farm and as a newspaper editor, a lecturer and a mencap nurse.^[1] He writes in both Welsh and English. After almost dying from alcoholism he gave up drinking on 28 December 2001.

He is a graduate of Bangor University, with a degree in Welsh and English literature.He has published the following books:

• Mr Vogel (Seren, 2004), which was based partly on Jones' walk around Wales. It won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.
• Mr Cassini (Seren, 2006), which was partially inspired by his walking across Wales in seven different directions. It won the Wales Book of the Year award in 2007.
• My First Colouring Book (Seren, 2008), a collection of short stories and essays.
• See How They Run (Seren, 2012), part of the Mabinogion series.
• Y Dŵr (Y Lolfa, 2009) a novel about climate change, set in Wales.^[2]
• Y Daith (Y Lolfa, 2014), a fantasy about a walking trip along Offa's Dyke.
• Water (Y Lolfa, 2014), a translation of Y Dwr.
• Fflur (Y Lolfa, 2019), a country romance.
• Lobsgows (Gwasg Bodfan, 2024) Irish, Scots and Breton Gaelic poetry translated into Welsh, also Inuit and Afghanistan poems, Mesopotamian letters, plus various articles and poems in Welsh.

He has self-published the following books of poetry:

• Secret Life of a Postman (2014)
• Out With It (2016)
• My life on Tlön (2017)
• Collected Poems (2019)
• Selected Poems (2019)

He has also self-published the following volumes of essays:

• Three Little Things Before I Go
• When I'm 64

In addition, he has published the following:

• Bron Haul – the croft on the moors (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, bilingual edition, 2011), a festschrift by three authors telling the story of a small moorland croft.
• The Dream of the Mouse, a surreal comic novel.

He has also translated a highly successful Welsh novel, O! Tyn y Gorchudd, by Angharad Price:

• The Life of Rebecca Jones (MacLehose Press, 2014)

He has also contributed chapters to:

• Sing, Sorrow, Sorrow: Dark and Chilling Tales (Seren Books, 2010)
• Un yn Ormod, a book about people who've experienced problems with alcohol (Y Lolfa, 2020)

Photographic exhibitions:

• People and Places I Wouldn't Have Seen if I'd Carried on Drinking at the Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, from 18 January – 29 February 2020.
• Byw yn y Wlad/Country Life at the Syr Henry Jones Museum, Llangernyw, Summer 2021.
• Sobor o beth/Sober light of day at Storiel Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor, October –– December 2021.

External links

• Review of Mr Cassini

Notes and References

1. Web site: Authors . 5 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071110200910/https://www.seren-books.com/authors/?author_id=1444 . 10 November 2007 . dead .
2. Web site: 'Surreal' novel wins book award . BBC News . 12 July 2021 . 9 July 2007.