Talk:Cynan Jones

Awards and "Writing Style"
For full disclosure, I have been contacted by the subject of this article and asked to help make it more accurate and less biased. I am now going to attempt to accurately edit this article. I have no reason to believe the person who contacted me is anyone but the man known as Cynan Jones.

"As things stand, I have a slight issue with what's been written about my 'writing style'. The section 'Writing Style' currently highlights the dropping of punctuation in one of my novels. I feel this gives a skewed view of my style, and that, actually, it's a technical device more than a style anyway. I have used this device in some short stories and in "The Dig", but not throughout my work automatically. It is also worth noting that in one passage in "The Dig" - a conversation between the protagonist and his mother - I retained the use of speech marks to create a sense of a more conventional, staid dialogue. Therefore, I would be very grateful if the information under this heading gave a more accurate, broader view of my style in general rather than just the one specific device used only in some of my work. If you're happy to note it, you might want to include the fact "The Dig" was also longlisted for the 2014 Kirkus Prize (U.S.) and the Warwick Prize 2014. I was also the Hay Festival Scritture Giovani 2008. My next book 'Cove' will be published by Granta this Autumn." --Bod (talk) 00:31, 8 February 2016 (UTC)