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.”
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![Poet Rufus Mufasa, a young woman smiles](/sites/default/files/styles/3x2_900w/public/2021-10/Rufus%20Mufasa%20%C2%A9hayfestival.jpg?h=4de69ae3&itok=zaiHZ8iT)
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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.”