Thu 26 October 2023 / Experiences, Opportunities, Ty Newydd, Welsh Authors
Literature Wales has launched Dy Bennod Nesaf – Your Next Chapter – a varied programme of creative writing courses and retreats to help bring stories and ideas to life in 2024. Based at Tŷ Newydd, the National Writing Centre of Wales in Llanystumdwy, courses incorporate poetry and prose and range from immersing yourself in the natural environment to songwriting; from writing for Young...
Recent Blogs
Wed 11 January 2017 / Projects
In May 2016, eight residents from Penrhos Polish Care Home, Pwllheli, visited Tŷ Newydd. The majority of the group were...
Tue 6 December 2016
Today marks the centenary since David Lloyd George, the Welshman from Llanystumdwy, received an invitation to form a coalition in...
Mon 5 December 2016
What tempts people to read, I wonder? Is it the attractive cover? The well-known author? Or word of mouth, perhaps?...
Tue 8 November 2016
Aziz Dixon came to Tŷ Newydd for the Autumn Poetry Masterclass in October 2016, tutored by Gillian Clarke and Imtiaz...
Mon 24 October 2016
Poet Jane Clarke lives in Ireland. Her debut collection, The River, is published by Bloodaxe Books. She won the 2016 Hennessy Literary Award...
Wed 12 October 2016
THE MAP AND THE CLOCK: A LAUREATE’S CHOICE OF THE POETRY OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND by CAROL ANN DUFFY and...
Tue 11 October 2016
I finally made it to Tŷ Newydd! This isn’t a joke about the lack of trains from the South-West...
Mon 10 October 2016
Drumroll please! Our 2017 course programme is now live. After months of endless emailing, phoning and posting letters (we didn’t...
Thu 6 October 2016
Calling all horrible little slugs! ROALD DAHL’S REVOLTING RHYMERS competition is now open! Closing date for entries: Friday 21 October...
Tue 4 October 2016
The Revlon Girl Writers’ Workshop 2016 Neil Anthony Docking, writer of The Revlon Girl which is touring through Wales in October, is...
Thu 8 September 2016
In 2015, Literature Wales received a generous capital grant from Arts Council Wales to renovate and upgrade some of Tŷ Newydd's...
Wed 3 August 2016 / Opportunities
A Gwynedd Council Strategic Grant awarded to Tŷ Newydd has allowed us to create a bursary pot for Gwynedd residents...