Gwyl Ysgrifennu Môn / Anglesey Writing Festival brings the best of local and nationally renowned authors to your doorstep, with a day dedicated to inspiring writing! Dewch i wrando a chymerwch ran yn ein gweithdai ysgrifennu a mwynhau ddiwrnod allan ysrbydoledig!
The NAEN course would seek to provide a series of 4 or 5 activities teachers could use to deliver poetry in their classrooms, and to help pupils explore some of ecological themes in their writing.
Join us at Providero Coffeehouse on Llandudno seafront for the launch of In Orbit by Glyn Edwards. There will also be readings by guest poets Laura Satterthwaite, Gareth Culshaw and Ness Owen.
The Verve Competition on the Theme of Protest opened for entries from Nov 14 2022 to Jan 2 2023, judged by the wonderful Kim Moore. This FREE to attend event will feature all the winners and commended poets, as well as four commissioned poets, who will read their poems on our subject and help launch our annual festival anthology. The event will be hosted by Kim herself and will be a fun and lively affair, featuring poets of all kinds and levels of experience. Always a festival highlight!
Of course, it’s wonderful to see the return of in-person events, and to be able to offer the best hybrid festival we can. It will be an exciting leap into this brave new world and we hope friends old and new will join us for what is certain to be an amazing day and evening, whether in-person or on-line. THANK YOU for supporting us, believing in us and staying loyal to what Jonathan Edwards recently called “one of the best poetry festivals anywhere”.
Our headline poets Glyn Edwards, Kate Garrett and Chris Kinsey come with many publications and accolades to their names so we are in for an eclectic and stimulating afternoon. They will read and take part in Q&A hosted by Pat Edwards. We will also hear from guest poets Jen Hawkins, recently published in Prole Magazine, and award-winning Ben Gwalchmai.
Join the new editor of Poetry Wales magazine, Jonathan Edwards, as he introduces a range of poets appearing in the magazine’s new and forthcoming issues. Poetry Wales recently celebrated its 55th birthday and is one of the leading poetry magazines in the UK. Come along to this special event to experience the work of an exciting range of […]
take pART 2020 11- 12 January 2020 1 building; 2 days; 300+ workshops, drop-ins, talks, performances; 10,000 participants; loads of fun. Venue Cymru will host an explosion of arts and literature workshops and events in January 2020, with the return of take pART. Following on from last year’s hugely successful event’ which attracted some 10,000 […]