About Gaynor Kavanagh

Gaynor Kavanagh defines herself as a cat-owning, Cymraeg gardener who writes stories and helps out with a refugee charity. Originally from Pontypool, She now lives near Abergavenny. 

Her retirement plans were to indulge in printmaking, travel to Bhutan and adopt a German Shepherd dog.  Gaynor failed at all three and took up gardening and writing instead.  

She initially found that writing fiction was as different from academic writing as driving a bus is to riding a motor bike.  It was just as well that she signed-up for a continuing education course at Cardiff University, led by Briony Goffin who, with a fabulous group of writers, straightened her out on that one.  

Gaynor has had an attempt at writing a novel about a male dancer from Brecon,  his very successful career and how his world falls apart when he can no longer dance.  The draft for that one sits in a box somewhere, but the prologue can be found on this site.  Prologue for Owen.

Her current project is a story called  Sprits of Sanctuary which should be in full draft by the early spring 2025.   The starting point was the piece called 'Po and Anna' which you can also find on this site. Po and Anna