Tim Jones

About me:

I'm an author. My latest book is short fiction collection Transported, published by Vintage (Random House New Zealand). The publishers' blurb sums this collection up pretty well: A well-known poet pursues his elusive muse; a Kiwi makes himself indispensable in Oz; a revolutionary fast-food franchise revs up Russia's economy; a racing-car driver is airborne; temperate Otago exports its kiwifruit worldwide; a Frenchman called Foucault puts in the hard yards at an antipodean dairy farm - all while water laps at our feet, our homes, our lives . . . With Tim Jones' stories you should expect the unexpected. This remarkably refreshing collection uses a lively mix of genres, taking readers on flights of fancy, transports of delight, and even occasional trips of nostalgia. Some of the stories are unique ways of looking at the everyday and ordinary, others take us out of this world. They are funny, moving, insightful and, above all, delightfully different. In case you need any more convincing, "New Zealand Books" (the NZ equivalent of the LRB or NYRB) called Transported "dazzling and highly entertaining" in its review - and who am I to argue with that? Here are Ten Reasons Why Transported Makes a Great Present. My other recent books are poetry collection All Blacks' Kitchen Gardens and fantasy novel Anarya's Secret. ....