Festival Programme 2026

All author events at the Festival are FREE to attend. There is a small fee of £5 for the writing workshops

Saturday 17th October

Main Hall

9.30 Doors open
10.00 Official Opening – Deputy Mayor Phill Davies
10.15 Opening Address – Alis Hawkins
11.00 Drama – Dissident Sausage – Karen Gemma Brewer
11.30 Suddo – Mared Llywelyn
12.00 Parti Plu – Myfanwy Alexander
12..30 Book Launch: The First Mistake – Sarah Ward
with Karen Gemma Brewer
1.00 A Life in Books – Jon Gower
1.45 Whose Song To Sing – Ben Wildsmith with EMJ Foster
2.15 12 Days of Christmas – Susan Stokes-Chapman
with Rowan Houghton
3.00 Waterfolk – Peter Stevenson
3.45 Book Launch: Spies On Screen – Paul Burke
with Sarah Ward
4.15 Gracelands – CP Davies
4.45 Extra Time
5.00 Close ….

Committee Room

To book a workshop please click on the link for individual workshops below

Creative Writing Workshop
Place, Perception
and the power of detail

Susan Stokes-Chapman
11.30-1.00
BOOK HERE

Creative Writing Workshop
World Building in Your Novel
Alis Hawkins
2.30-4.00
BOOK HERE

Sunday 18th October

Main Hall

Sunday 18th Main Hall
10.30 Doors open
10.40 Acoustic Original Songs – Karen Gemma Brewer
11.00 Grwp Darllen Dyffryn Arth
11.30 Book Launches: Sharp As Any Thorn – Sue McCormick & Traces of Alys – Sarah Reynolds with Niki Brewer
12.30 Book Launch: Cader Idris – Julie Brominicks
1.00 The House That Bensha Built – Sian Stewart and
SE Morgan
1.30 Book Launch: Wales 1979 & 1997 – John Osmond
2.00 Coed Cae Claer – Helen May Williams
2.30 Lansio Llyfr: Ar Drywydd Owain Glyndwr – Gruffydd Aled Williams gyda Geraint Lewis
3.15 Goose Barnacles – MR Francis & Stuart Evans
3.45 Final Score
4.00 Close

Committee Room

Poetry Writing Workshop
Imaginary Landscapes: Working with Haibun
Helen May Williams
11.00-12.30
BOOK HERE

Landscape Writing Workshop
Creating Characters
people in a place

Julie Brominicks 1.30-3.00
BOOK HERE

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