Anwen Hooson started her career in the press departments at Penguin and Waterstones, before co-founding Riot Communications, which fast became one of the most respected and influential PR agencies in the publishing industry. In 2018, Anwen launched Bird Literary Agency, with a mission to give flight to books that would inspire and provoke. Her authors include Caryl Lewis, Liz Hyder, Kirsty Capes, Huw Aaron, Jodie Lancet-Grant and Moira Buffini. Anwen was a judge at the British Book Awards 2018-2022, and was nominated for Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards 2023.
Welsh-language Weekend Course: Develop and Professionalise your Craft
Fri 17 October 2025 - Sun 19 October 2025
Tutors
/ Anwen Hooson & Caryl Lewis
Course Fee
/
From
£300 - £400 per person
Language
/ Welsh
This is a Welsh-language weekend course focusing on fiction writing and ways to build a sustainable and professional career as a Welsh-language author. Click through to the Welsh side of the website for more details.
We encourage those who are learning Welsh to a higher level, or those who have lost confidence in their Welsh skills but are looking to get back into it, to join us on our Welsh-language courses – where you will be met by encouragement and support. Please contact us if you’d like to discuss the suitability of these courses for you.
Tutors
Anwen Hooson
Caryl Lewis
Caryl Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist, children’s writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel Martha, Jac a Sianco (2004) is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation – with a screenplay by Caryl herself – went on to win six Welsh BAFTAs and the Spirit of the Festival Award at the 2010 Celtic Media Festival. Lewis’ other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. Caryl is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University, and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth. Drift was Caryl Lewis’ debut novel in the English language and won the 2023 Wales Book of the Year Award. She is the only writer to have won the award in both languages.