I write fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry that challenge the absurdities of life, and trauma with wit, and a sprinkling of rebellion.
I began writing as a neurospicy child of the 1980s—friendless, so I invented companions. I dreamed of becoming a writer, but…my parents had other ideas…so I was rerouted into academia.
Twenty years teaching in the neoliberal machine – marked by endless restructures, the death of my first child, divorce, and single parenting—sharpened my humour into a tool for survival.
During this time, I dipped my toes into the writing world, publishing pieces of poetry, creative non-fiction, journalism, popular cultural studies, and education scholarship .
It was in 2018, when my teenage children “okay boomered” me into rejecting my parent’s career advice, that I enrolled in a Creative Writing PhD.
For over four years, I cast my sardonic net into the academic world, satirically commenting on the not-so-succulent experiences of women in academia in my lengthiest piece of writing to date: The Slackademics...which like most women’s studies departments is institutionally nomadic.
Publications
Poetry
Jones, A (forthcoming). Ephemera -Drink Your Orange Juice on a Thursday. Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies. Volume 30.
Jones, A. (2023). Oh the Places You Won’t Go. Verge: Defiant. Monash University Press.
Jones, A. (2020). It Doesn’t Matter if it’s Vintage. Ed. Thurston Howl. Furry Haiku. Weasel Press.
Creative Non-Fiction and Journalism
Thomas-Jones, A. (2006-2007, November- January). Red Ribbons and Red Carpet. Cream (p.28). New South Wales: Future Perfect Publications.