Chris Jones
Chris Jones has lived in Sheffield since 1990. He was awarded an Eric Gregory
Award for his poetry in 1996. From 1997 to 1999 he worked as a writer-in-residence
at Nottingham Prison. He was the Literature Officer for Leicestershire for
five years and then spent some time as a freelance writer and poetry festival
organiser. He currently teaches creative writing at
Sheffield Hallam University.
In 2007 he published his first full-length collection, The Safe House, with
Shoestring Press.
Here you can find his prison and River Don poems in full, along with pieces on family and
travel. The Safe House can be ordered from Shoestring Press,
Central Books,
or through bookshops.
Cells,
a sequence of haiku by Chris Jones and watercolours by Paul Evans,
is currently available in a strictly limited handmade boxed edition from
Longbarrow Press. The box, which measures 10cm x 10cm, comprises ten
watercolours reproduced on acetate and ten haiku printed on card. The
watercolours can be superimposed and juxtaposed with the haiku to create
different arrangements and associations of word and image. Cells is priced
at £45 (inclusive of postage and packaging) and can be ordered from
Brian Lewis, see below.
A pamphlet collection of poems was produced with Longbarrow Press in
November 2007. The sequence, entitled Miniatures, is concerned with the experiences of fatherhood,
and reflections on wider family ties. The pamphlet can be ordered from Brian Lewis,
6 Tenby Close, Lawn, Swindon, SN3 1LN for £4 (inclusive of postage and packaging).
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