Mab Jones is a poet, writer, and radio presenter based in Wales. She has two poetry collections Poor Queen (Burning Eye Books, 2014) and take your experience and peel it (Indigo Dreams, 2015).[1][2]
She is the founder and editor of Black Rabbit Press.[3] She has also worked as a presenter for BBC Radio 4, especially on programs related to Welsh themes and content.[4][5][6]
Jones was the first Resident Poet at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, and was Resident Writer of Cardiff Wetlands. She received a Literature Matters Award from the Royal Society of Literature in 2019 in order to create a podcast about this.[7] Previously, she has created a podcast for London's Apples & Snakes,[8] who she has headlined for at several of their spoken word events.[9][10]
The poet coordinated International Dylan Thomas Day in 2016 and 2017.[11] In 2018, she volunteered to help Dylan Thomas' granddaughter, Hannah Ellis, in running the day. As part of this, Jones organised a worldwide competition to create the world's longest love poem from collated entries, which was successful.[12]
She has won a number of awards, including the John Tripp Spoken Poetry Audience Prize,[13] the Aurora Poetry Competition,[14] the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize,[15] and the Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.[16] She has also received a Creative Wales Award.[17]
