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JONES, HUW

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Huw was born in Birmingham, 1955, but brought up Welsh-speaking in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. He graduated in Theology from the Theological College, UCW Aberystwyth. Huw has taught in schools and colleges in Wales, Botswana, Zimbabwe and England. He has also been a tutor of Welsh to adults with Bangor University’s Continuing Education Department and Creative Writing tutor at Pendleton College, Salford. He won 2nd prize in the Welsh Arts Council New Poets Competition 1983 and was Reviews Editor of Anglo-Welsh Review, 1985-88.

Huw's poems have been included in several anthologies, notably in The Bright Field, Contemporary Poetry from Wales (Carcanet 1991); Twentieth Century Anglo-Welsh Poetry (Seren 1997); Modern Welsh Poetry in Translation (Bloodaxe Books 2003) and Library of Wales: Poetry 1900-2000 (Parthian 2007).

Reviews:
With respect to Ceiliogod Otse / The Cockerels of Otse (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1996)

"…We move from one language to the other without feeling awkward at all,- indeed the one enriches the other…and we should be grateful for the exceptional skill of Huw Jones in both languages. This enabled him to keep the readers’ interest through various medium and two languages. The poet’s voice in ‘Sarah’ at the beginning of the book is as powerfully moving in ‘Llun o Josephine / Photograph of Josephine’ which closes the book…"
Meg Ellis, Taliesin Spring 1997


With respect to Odd Socks and Other Oddities (Gwasg y Bwthyn, 2009)

"...Odd Socks is an outstanding volume, funny, resourceful and warm-hearted..."
Welsh Books Council


Selected Publications:
A Small Field (Gomer Press, 1985)
Lleuad y Bore (Gwasg Gomer, 1994)
Ceiliogod Otse / The Cockerels of Otse (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1996)
Odd Socks and Other Oddities (Gwasg y Bwthyn, 2009)

Contributed to:
Thoughts Like an Ocean (contributor) (Pont ,1997)
Look Out! (contributor) (Pont, 1999)
Second Thoughts (contributor) (Pont, 2003)
Poetry Wales 25 Years (contributor) (Seren, 1990)
Modern Poetry in Translation, Welsh Issue, No.7 (contributor) (1995)
Christmas in Wales (contributor) (Seren, 1997)
Both Sides of the Border (contributor) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1998)
An Anglesey Anthology (contributor) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1999)
Birdsong (contributor) (Seren, 2002)
Footsteps - Walking in Wales (contributor) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002)
A Powys Anthology (contributor) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2003)
The Corgi Series: War, Landscapes, Death (contributor) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 2002; 2004)
Cerddi’r Byd (contributor) (Gomer, 2005)



Ceiliogod Otse / The Cockerels of Otse (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1996)

A bilingual collection of poetry and prose which developed from the poet’s experience of living in Botswana 1990-92.

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Odd Socks and Other Oddities (Gwasg y Bwthyn, 2009)

His fourth collection of poetry with illustrations by Jenny Fell,
this time for the young at heart.



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