Recent Blogs

Fri 19 May 2017 /
I’ve waited for the dust to settle before writing the final installment of my what-I-did-on-my-writing-course essay. I figured the gushing...
Fri 7 April 2017 /
The time of my life is now drawing to a close. Well, not literally, I hope, just poetically speaking. I’m...
Thu 6 April 2017 /
This week our big cosy house has been taken over by 16 committed poets who are here on a Poetry...
Thu 23 February 2017
This year, Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre’s courses take to the road. To give a taste of the centre’s 2017 residential...
Tue 14 February 2017
Literature Wales recently received a message from a friend at PEN Belarus regarding a Welsh fantasy writer called Cenydd Morus...
Wed 1 February 2017 /
Disability Arts Cymru and Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre Poetry Competition 2017 Judge: Sian Northey Entry cost: free Prize: a residential course at...
Tue 31 January 2017 /
Are you a writer? Are you looking for competitions with great prizes? Look no further. Perhaps some of the following...
Mon 30 January 2017
As part of our Literature for Health and Wellbeing project funded by Gwynedd Council, we organised a series of six workshops...
Thu 26 January 2017
Literature Wales has received a £2,000 grant from The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK towards preservation work at Tŷ Newydd Writing...
Wed 11 January 2017 /
In May 2016, eight residents from Penrhos Polish Care Home, Pwllheli, visited Tŷ Newydd. The majority of the group were...
Tue 6 December 2016
Today marks the centenary since David Lloyd George, the Welshman from Llanystumdwy, received an invitation to form a coalition in...
Mon 5 December 2016
What tempts people to read, I wonder? Is it the attractive cover? The well-known author? Or word of mouth, perhaps?...
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