An afternoon of literary riches. Richard Gwyn will be reading from his latest book Ambassador of Nowhere and in conversation/Q&A with Sue Lewis. Emyr Wallace Humphreys will be reading from his translation into English of the Welsh sci-fi classic Y Dydd Olaf (The Last Day) and in conversation/Q&A with Jon Gower. Local author Tim Wickenden will be reading from his latest novel That Girl in the Boxcar and in conversation/Q&A with Mike Ponsford.

Delivered with Bilingual BSL Interpretation

Prynhawn o gyfoeth llenyddol. Richard Gwyn bydd yn darllen o'i lyfr diweddaraf Ambassador of Nowhere ac mewn sgwrs/holi ac ateb gyda Sue Lewis. Emyr Wallace Humphreys bydd yn darllen o'i cyfieithiad i'r Saesneg o glasur ffuglen wyddonol Cymraeg Y Dydd Olaf (The Last Day) a mewn sgwrs/holi ac ateb gyda Jon Gower. Awdur lleol Tim Wickenden bydd yn darllen o'i nofel diweddaraf That Girl in the Boxcar a mewn sgwrs/holi ac ateb gyda Mike Ponsford.

Wedi'i gyflwyno gyda Dehongliad Dwyieithog BSL

Once again we close the weekend with our Simffoni Mara evening. This year sees new music from David Pepper and Jobina Tinnemans, another new collaboration with Visual Artist Connor Malone and poetry readings from Ceri Wyn Jones, Alex Barr, Mike Ponsford, Rosemarie Barr and Sue Duggan.

Simffoni Mara is a collaborative project, inspired by lyrics and visuals, based on life on the edge of the Irish Sea, life on it and life underneath it.

Unwaith eto rydym yn cloi'r penwythnos gyda'n noson Simffoni Mara. Eleni bydd cerddoriaeth newydd gan David Pepper a Jobina Tinnemans, cydweithrediad newydd arall gyda’r Artist Gweledol Connor Malone a darlleniadau barddoniaeth gan Ceri Wyn Jones, Alex Barr, Mike Ponsford, Rosemarie Barr a Sue Duggan.

Mae Simffoni Mara yn brosiect cydweithredol, wedi’i ysbrydoli gan delynegion a delweddau, yn seiliedig ar fywyd ar ymyl Môr Iwerddon, bywyd arno a bywyd oddi tano.

Like to sketch? Need to unwind for a couple of hours? Then please join FAS artists, Judith Leyland and Barbara Price and enjoy a relaxing two hours drawing and mark making along the secluded path bordered by the Gwaun river and the border between the sea and the river.

Hoffi braslunio? Angen ymlacio am ychydig oriau? Yna ymunwch ag artistiaid FAS, Judith Leyland a Barbara Price i fwynhau dwy awr hamddenol yn darlunio a gwneud marciau ar hyd y llwybr diarffordd sy’n ffinio ag afon Gwaun a’r ffin rhwng y môr a’r afon.

Inspired by this year's Puppet Theatre Show, The Ugly Duckling, Melissa Pettitt returns to the festival with 'Swanning Around'. Join Melissa straight after the Puppet Show for this year's Puppet Making Workshop and create your own, beautiful Swan!

The workshop is available to all ages, but children under 8 need to be accompanied by a parent or carer. Places are limited to 20, so please do book early!

Wedi'i hysbrydoli gan y Sioe Theatr Bypedau eleni, The Ugly Duckling, mae Melissa Pettitt yn dychwelyd i'r ŵyl gyda 'Swanning Around'. Ymunwch â Melissa yn syth ar ôl y Sioe Bypedau ar gyfer y Gweithdy Gwneud Pypedau eleni a chreu eich Alarch hardd eich hun!

Mae’r gweithdy ar gael i bob oed, ond mae angen i blant dan 8 oed fod yng nghwmni rhiant neu ofalwr. Mae lleoedd yn gyfyngedig i 20, felly archebwch yn gynnar!

Float downstream with the Story Man, in Sea Legs Puppet Theatre’s gentle, musical adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic tale of belonging and identity.

Meet a host of colourful characters, as they run the troubled duckling out of the farmyard into a cold, lonely wilderness. Journey through the seasons as the hapless creature finds his way in a hostile world.

Nofio i lawr yr afon gyda’r Story Man, yn addasiad cerddorol tyner Theatr Bypedau Sea Legs o stori glasurol Hans Christian Anderson am berthyn a hunaniaeth.

Dewch i gwrdd â llu o gymeriadau lliwgar, wrth iddynt redeg yr hwyaden fach gythryblus allan o fuarth y fferm i anialwch oer, unig. Teithiwch drwy'r tymhorau wrth i'r creadur truenus ffeindio'i ffordd mewn byd gelyniaethus.

Gweithdy yn Gymraeg

Ceri Wyn Jones: Mae Ceri yn fardd sydd wedi ei fagu mewn ardal lle mae caeau’r wlad a glan y môr yn cwrdd â’i gilydd. Bydd ei weithdy ef yn canolbwyntio ar gael hwyl wrth chwarae â geiriau, syniadau a seiniau, gan ddefnyddio’r traeth a’r môr (ac un o’n chwedlau glan-môr enwocaf ni) fel sbardun.

Ceri is a poet who was brought up in an area where rural fields meet the seaside. His workshop will focus on the fun that is part and parcel of playing with words, ideas and sounds, using the beach and the sea (and one of our best-known legends) as inspiration.

Where possible we don't want cost to be a barrier to entry for children attending the festival and thanks to a generous offer of support, we can now offer 'Funded Tickets' for our Poetry Workshops. If you would like to attend one of our two Poetry Workshops (one conducted in Welsh and one in English), but were put off due to the cost, please feel free to select the "Funded Ticket" option - £ 0 when you book your ticket.

Workshop in English

Hanan Issa: Hanan is the author and editor of the children’s poetry book anthology And I Hear Dragons (Firefly Press). Hanan will lead a workshop based on the themes of the book - identity, belonging and Welshness in the hope that, together, we can unleash our inner dragon!

Hanan yw awdur a golygydd y gyfrol farddoniaeth i blant And I Hear Dragons (Firefly Press). Bydd Hanan yn arwain gweithdy yn seiliedig ar themâu'r gyfrol – hunaniaeth, perthyn a Chymreictod yn y gobaith, gyda'n gilydd, y gallwn ryddhau ein draig fewnol!

Where possible we don't want cost to be a barrier to entry for children attending the festival and thanks to a generous offer of support, we can now offer 'Funded Tickets' for our Poetry Workshops. If you would like to attend one of our two Poetry Workshops (one conducted in Welsh and one in English), but were put off due to the cost, please feel free to select the "Funded Ticket" option - £ 0 when you book your ticket.

Gweithdy yn Gymraeg

Jon Gower: Ysgrifennu am le: beth yw'ch hoff le, eich ‘milltir sgwâr’ a sut mae'n bosib cyfleu'r hyn sy'n arbennig am y lle? Mewn sesiwn o sgrifennu creadigol bydd yr awdur Jon Gower yn cyflwyno ac yn trafod creu lluniau drwy eiriau, defnyddio'r synhwyrau, casglu gwybodaeth o fapiau a gwneud ymchwil yn y maes, mewn llyfrau ac ar-lein.

Writing about place: what's your favourite place, your ‘square mile’ and how might one express what's special about it? In a creative writing session author Jon Gower will present and discuss creating pictures from words, employing the senses, gathering information from maps and in the field and how to do research in the open air, in books and online.

Workshop In English

Richard Gwyn: In this workshop we will consider some of the ways in which a writer might engage with myth, memory and the stories absorbed in childhood. We will use the story of Orpheus and Eurydice to explore ideas about the underworld, and what that myth might represent for a contemporary readership. By considering responses from writers such as Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel, we will discuss our own ideas about intentionality, loss, and new beginnings, and the ways in which the study of myth can nourish our own writing.

Yn y gweithdy hwn byddwn yn ystyried sut y gall awdur ymgysylltu â myth, y cof a straeon eu plentyndod. Byddwn yn defnyddio stori Orpheus ac Eurydice i archwilio syniadau am yr isfyd, a beth allai'r myth hwnnw gynrychioli ar gyfer darllenwyr cyfoes. Trwy ystyried ymatebion awduron fel Margaret Atwood a Hilary Mantel, byddwn yn trafod ein syniadau ein hunain am fwriadoldeb, colled, a dechreuadau newydd, a'r ffyrdd y gall astudio myth feithrin ein gwaith ein hunain.

Director:  Baltasar Kamakur/Iceland,UK/2024/121mins/subtitles

A romantic story set across a lifetime. One man’s emotional journey to find his first love, who he first met working in London. Set partly in Japan, this bittersweet and tender film is a gentle journey from this excellent Icelandic director.  

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Cyfawyddwrr:  Baltasar Kamakur/Iceland,UK/2024/121munud/Isdeitlau

Stori ramantus wedi'i gosod ar hyd oes y prif gymeriad . Taith emosiynol un dyn i ddod o hyd i’w gariad cyntaf, y cyfarfu ag ef gyntaf yn gweithio yn Llundain. Wedi’i gosod yn rhannol yn Japan, mae’r ffilm chwerwfelys a thyner hon yn daith dyner gan y cyfarwyddwr rhagorol hwn o Wlad yr Iâ.