Welsh-language Day Course: Poetry

Sat 7 March 2026
Tutor / Marged Tudur
Course Fee / From £35 per person
Genre / Poetry
Language / Welsh

This is a Welsh-language day course. 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 these 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.

Our day courses are suitable for those without much or any experience in the world of creative writing, as well as for those with some previous experience. In a friendly, welcoming setting, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from experienced tutors. Those who are curious about creative writing, or those looking for an opportunity to turn their hand to something new, are very welcome. If you wish to discuss this or any of our 2025 courses, and their suitability, please contact us for an informal chat.

Tea, coffee and snacks are available all day, and a light lunch is included in the fee. If you’re travelling from far away, or if you would like to stay the night, please ask us for availability and prices upon booking, or take a look at our Writers’ Retreat Cottage, Nant.

Tutor

Marged Tudur

Marged Tudur is a poet, editor and lecturer from Morfa Nefyn, who now lives in Caernarfon. She graduated in Welsh at Aberystwyth University, studied an MA in Creative Writing, and received a PhD on reading the words of popular Welsh songs of the last fifty years as literature. Having worked as an editor, Head of Welsh books at Gwasg y Lolfa and as an A-level Welsh lecturer at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, she now lectures at the Department of Welsh at Bangor University. In 2020 she published her first volume of poetry, Mynd (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch). The volume won the 2021 Book of the Year Award in the Poetry category. She is a member of the Talwrn Dros yr Aber team with Rhys Iorwerth, Iwan Rhys and Carwyn Eckley who have won the series four times consecutively.

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