Janet Laugharne writes poetry and fiction. Daughter of the Anglo-Welsh writer, Cledwyn Hughes, and grand-daughter of a highly regarded bardic poet, Humphry Jones Davies, she has written throughout her life. She is relishing the opportunity to spread her creative wings more expansively since retiring as Professor of Education with expertise in Welsh/English bilingualism. Her poetry and short fiction have appeared, among others, in Acumen, Orbis, Prole, Litro Online, Reflex Fiction, Dream Catcher and Poetry Salzburg Review. She was runner up in the erbacce-prize for poetry 2022 and her debut poetry collection is ‘Greenscapes … and other poems’ (erbacce press, 2022). Janet also writes fiction as J.L. Harland with Jacqueline Harrett. ‘What Lies Between Them’, (Dixi Books, 2022) and ‘Angelo’s Journey: From Bardi to Pontypridd’, (Harland Press, 2024).
