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The booksellers at Mr B's Emporium are delighted to welcome the return of one of Team B's favourite writers, Cynan Jones, with his new book, Pulse.

From the award-winning author of The Dig and Cove, Pulse is a collection of viscerally powerful short stories in which man is pitted against nature, against circumstance, and against himself.

Cynan has long been a huge Mr B's shop favourite, and we last had the pleasure of hosting him back in 2017 for the release of Cove. If you haven't yet discovered Cynan's writing, and you're a fan of the likes of Cormac McCarthy, Benjamin Myers, and Max Porter, then this is one event not to be missed.

About the book:

A man heads into the snow to hunt down the bear that has been taking stock from farms in the valley. A father tries to make something go right for the son he no longer lives with. A partner is called to help when a cow's labour goes horribly wrong.

A fierce storm threatens to bring down a tree on powerlines over a family's home. Fear, vulnerability, tension and resolve course through these arresting and indelible stories from one of the finest British writers at work today.

A force of creaturely urgency. Cynan Jones is a blast of fresh air, a stumble in the dark, and a sudden chill in the guts – Tim Winton

Breathtakingly tense, vital and precise. Cynan Jones has a rare gift for making us experience, moment by moment, the struggles of his characters to survive – Carys Davies

The often layered, dark subject matter of Jones' stories is belied by the clarity of his language in a fascinating way – Sara Baume

About the author:

Cynan Jones was born in 1975 near Aberaeron, Wales. He is the author of five short novels, The Long Dry, Everything I Found on the Beach, Bird, Blood, Snow, The Dig, and Cove. His work is published in over 20 countries and has won several prizes including a Betty Trask Award, the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Award, the Wales Book of the Year Fiction prize, and the BBC National Short Story Award.