Bangor University welcomes Hay Festival Welsh Scribblers again
Welsh poets Gruffudd Owen, Rufus Mufasa, Aneirin Karadog and Osian Owen will join with Year 6 and 7 school pupils in some creative writing workshops at the University on 3 November.
They will all be getting creative together as part of the Hay Festival Welsh Scribblers Tour.
Aine Venables, Hay Festival Education Manager, said:
“We’re back for our first in-person events for schools since 2019 and we’re energised to welcome pupils and teachers again to our events. In a year of enormous challenges for young people and educators all around the UK, we’ve been pleased to connect with thousands digitally and can’t wait to re-connect with that same spark of inspiration in live events.”
Carys Roberts, Head of UK Student Recruitment at Bangor University said:
“It will be a delight to see these young pupils visiting the University once again and sampling some creative writing with Welsh poets. We hope they enjoy their visit to the University.”
Over the past 18 months, Hay Festival’s education events have taken place digitally, reaching 100k pupils in more than a thousand schools across the UK and beyond, part-funded by the Welsh Government and Hay Festival Foundation.
Jeremy Miles, the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, said:
“I’m very pleased to see that we have been able to support Hay Festival’s Programme for Schools once more, giving young learners access to a variety of creative and cultural experiences, both digitally and in-person.
“Cultural and creative learning will form a crucial part of our new Curriculum for Wales, and I’m pleased we’ve been able to work with Hay Festival to provide children throughout Wales with a rich series of events this autumn.”
