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]

Awards and honours

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]

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