List Of Writers

GWDIHW

Merchlyn, Conwy Ll32 SYE
Tel: (01492) 650633

Storyteller, writer and poet. Raised in Conwy and educated on the family farm and at Lyndon School, Colwyn Bay. Further education in Nigeria and Trinidad where rapped with Rapso Riddum poets. Worked as a Carnival journalist on the Trinidad Guardian. Told stories and poems in Cardiff, Port of Spain and London. Arranged Mysteries of the Mabinogion tours in the nineties and became a Guide for the Landscapes of the Mabinogion, following work by Eric Maddern and Hugh Lupton. A founder of the Taliesin Community Theatre and Festival in Conwy, also Gwdihw and the Bwgans’, performers of Welsh tales.

Selected Publications:
Ceridwen’s Cauldron (Oriel Cambria, 1998)
Two Ladies of Conwy Castle (audio cassette) (Talking Myths)



Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
1. Ceridwen and her cauldron: stories
2. Stories and pathworkings based on themes from the Mabinogion
3. The Ladies of the Lake; stories and pathworkings
4. Poems of Wales and Afro Caribbean influences

AGE RANGE: Can adapt material to work with children or adults
AVAILABILITY: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. AREA: All Wales