Cynan Jones has nearly two decades of teaching and mentoring experience and has worked extensively with established writing charities and organisations.
He was also, for a number of years, the RLF Writing Fellow at Aberystwyth University and is co-founder of Writing Mill which occasionally offers online and residential writing courses with a twist.
Upcoming courses
Sustained engagement to help you work towards the completion of a project.
Online, September 2026 - July 2028
£8,000, payable in four instalments. Three fully-funded grant places and three 50% funded grant places.
5 fiction places available. Applications in by 17th April 2026
Find the tools and motivation to make your short stories stronger.
West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry
15th - 17th July 2026
What is it you want to achieve in your writing, and how do you go about that?
Arvon Totleigh Barton residential week
17th - 22nd August 2026
with co-tutor Gwendoline Riley, guest speaker TBC.
How do you find courage equal to the aspiration of writing something original?
Ty Newydd residential course
7th - 11th September 2026
with co-tutor James Scudamore and guest speaker Eimear McBride.
Write and edit a complete short story and learn essential fiction-writing techniques.
Curtis Brown Creative six-week online pre-recorded course
Ongoing dates - click on the link for details of the next course.
Two day online courses to help you write stronger stories.
Upcoming dates to be confirmed. Click to register your interest.
Mentoring
If you'd like to work 1-1 with Cynan he is sometimes available for individual mentoring through Moniack Mhor's mentoring programme.
Click on the links for more information.
