Born in Swansea, Philip Gwynne Jones first came to Italy in 1994 when he spent some time working for the European Space Agency in Frascati, a job that proved to be less exciting than he had imagined.
He spent twenty years in the IT industry before realising he was congenitally unsuited to it, and now works as a writer and translator. He lives in Venice with his wife Caroline and a modestly friendly cat called Mimi.
His first novel, “The Venetian Game”, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and reached number 2 in the Times paperback fiction charts. “The Venetian Legacy” similarly reached the Times top 10; whilst “Venetian Gothic” was chosen by the Literary Review as one of the crime novels of 2020. “To Venice with Love”, a non-fiction account of moving to and living in La Serenissima was a Reader’s Digest Book of the Month.
“The Angels of Venice”, the sixth book in the Nathan Sutherland series, has been released in paperback, with the hardback of “The Venetian Candidate” following in July 2023 and now in July 2024 “The Venetian Sanctuary”.
In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, old horror films, and listens to far too much Italian Progressive Rock.
He is proud to be a member of the Society of Authors, the Crime Writers’ Association and the Welsh crime writing cooperative Crime Cymru. Philip is published by Little, Brown under the Constable imprint.
Philip’s website: Philip Gwynne Jones – Living and Writing in Venice
Tickets £23 including a light lunch and a glass of wine.
Tables for groups of 6 or 12 people can be reserved on our seating plan by
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Individuals within a table group can then phone to pay for their reserved seats and inform us of their menu choices.
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Menu choice to be confirmed when the payment is made for the tickets.
Main
Quiche – bacon, onion & cheese, served with salad
or
Red onion and Goats Cheese tart (V)
Both served with new potatoes, a green salad
and crusty bread with butter
Dessert
There will be a selection of mini desserts, served on large platters for people to help themselves.
Mini Chocolate tarts
Mini lemon tarts with blueberries
Fruit Skewers – mango, pineapple, melon GF DF
