Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer)



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. 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: He has self-published the following books of poetry: He has also self-published the following volumes of essays: In addition, he has published the following: He has also translated a highly successful Welsh novel, O! Tyn y Gorchudd, by Angharad Price: He has also contributed chapters to:
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Secret Life of a Postman (2014)
 * Out With It  (2016)
 * My life on Tlön  (2017)
 * Collected Poems  (2019)
 * Selected Poems  (2019)
 * Three Little Things Before I Go
 * When I'm 64
 * 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.
 * The Life of Rebecca Jones  (MacLehose Press, 2014)
 * 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.