President of Wales PEN Cymru
As President of Wales PEN Cymru, and on behalf of PEN members, we celebrate PEN International’s centenary as an organisation that has defended the rights of writers worldwide since its foundation in 1921. The main objective of PEN is to defend the freedom of...
Sea stories
Coming and going. Sea stories always give me sea sickness. Although there is nothing more enjoyable than swimming in Pembrokeshire. By the time you read this I may have had a swim for the first time this year. But in Mexico years ago I nearly drowned out of my depth...
Bondo-Gronde
How many of us tried to run with them on the field
Colofn Gymraeg bob pythefnos yn y Western Mail, cyhoeddwyd gyntaf ar 24 Mehefin O am ryddhad pan ddaeth y chwiban ar ddiwedd y gêm rhwng Cymru a’r Eidal. A thrwy gydol y gêm dal anadl, ambell ebwch a gwg. Sawl un ohonon ni geisiodd rhedeg gyda nhw ar y cae, yn ein...
Launch: Secrets by Eluned Phillips
Kritya Festival
This is an event discussing language and poetry with two poets and academics under the guidance of Kritya Festival and the renowned Rati Saxena: https://youtu.be/fdd9jBgpLHY
Y Pethau Diwethaf
Fortnightly Welsh language column from the Western Mail first published on 15 April 2021: Mae’r cyfnod clo hir yma wedi ein gwneud i feddwl yn fwy manwl am y pethau cyntaf a’r pethau diwethaf yn ein bywydau. Alla i ddim â meddwl am Y Pethau Diwethaf heb feddwl am...
Diary of Events/Readings 2021
April/ Ebrill 13: Conclave: World Poetry Reading 16.00 – 17.30 pm April/ Ebrill 17: Cardiff Poetry Festival / Gwyl Farddoniaeth - Caerdydd 16.00-16.45 pm Menna Elfyn & Mererid Hopwood : Welsh only/ Welsh learners welcome April/ Ebrill 24: Italian translation event...
International poets and writers – Conclave
To register your attendance visit: https://tinyurl.com/y5krzzo8
Happy International Day of Solidarity Translation
Syringa vulgaris ORIGINAL IN WELSH by Menna Elfyn ARAGONESE BASQUE BRETON CATALAN ENGLISH FRENCH GALICIAN GREEK HUNGARIAN IRISH ITALIAN OCCITAN ROMANIAN SPANISH YIDDISH [and many more upcoming soon here✌] Heartfelt thanks to the following authors and translators:...
Wales Arts Review – The Power of the Written Word
Wales Arts Review asked some of Wales’s top writers to pen some thoughts on the future. This new series brings together a wide variety of perspectives and ideas in a vibrant array of styles and forms, expressing hopes for a new way of doing things when the Covid-19...
Menna Elfyn a guest on ‘Women’s Hour’ BBC Radio 4
Menna Elfyn was a guest on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 on the 20th of March reading a poem to note the Spring Equinox. You can listen again to the programme here: Woman's Hour
Menna Elfyn publishes a Welsh / Catalan volume
https://youtu.be/Ka8zDLGKAbM Menna Elfyn, Emerita Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) has launched a new bilingual version of her popular volume, Murmur - in Welsh and Catalan. Translated from Welsh into Catalan by poet...