Thu 9 April 2026 / Events, Guest Blog, Ty Newydd
Perhaps, like me in the past, you’ve spent years pouring over your work-in-progress, perfecting your prose or poetry in critique groups, entering writing competitions or publishing small pieces to build up your repertoire, and now you feel you’re nearly ready to submit your work to publishers? But what skills, techniques and approach are needed for this stage of the creative...
Recent Blogs
Tue 31 January 2017 / Opportunities
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 / Projects
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?...
Tue 8 November 2016
Aziz Dixon came to Tŷ Newydd for the Autumn Poetry Masterclass in October 2016, tutored by Gillian Clarke and Imtiaz...
Mon 24 October 2016
Poet Jane Clarke lives in Ireland. Her debut collection, The River, is published by Bloodaxe Books. She won the 2016 Hennessy Literary Award...
Wed 12 October 2016
THE MAP AND THE CLOCK: A LAUREATE’S CHOICE OF THE POETRY OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND by CAROL ANN DUFFY and...
Tue 11 October 2016
I finally made it to Tŷ Newydd! This isn’t a joke about the lack of trains from the South-West...
Mon 10 October 2016
Drumroll please! Our 2017 course programme is now live. After months of endless emailing, phoning and posting letters (we didn’t...