Major new
bilingual festival in Wales
Friday 29 June –
Sunday 1 July
More names have been added to the bill of the
inaugural Dinefwr Literature Festival. This unique three-day bilingual festival
will combine award-winning writers, poets laureate, fringe acts and musicians
in a celebration of the written word and the mythical landscape of the National
Trust’s Dinefwr Park and Castle in the heart of Carmarthenshire, West Wales.
The festival promises an eclectic mix of high quality literature, music, comedy
and visual arts from established names to up-and-coming new talent.
With its dedicated camping field, outdoor
entertainment, stalls and excellent local food, the festival is set to be a top
cultural destination this year, putting fun, family and a love of good
literature at its very heart.
Caught by the River, a Port Eliot
Festival favourite, will be delivering a mix of talks and music throughout the
weekend. Guests include: The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess; Pat Long
talking about the recently published History of the NME together with Matt
Sewell; Richard King; Neil Ansell; Robert Penn and Jeb
Loy Nichols.
Brautigan Book Club, which started
out as a monthly night at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club in celebration
of the American writer Richard Brautigan, presents a programme of performance,
music and literary talks. A festival highlight is a sneak preview of Tonseisha,
a production premiering next year inspired by Brautigan himself. Written by the
award-winning LA screenwriter Erik Patterson, this is a live and
recorded soundscape influenced byJapanese and American culture. Also on the
bill is a performance by Super Furry Animals’ front man Gruff Rhys together
with H Hawkline and Martin Carr.
Alongside the main literary events will be workshops,
walks and unusual performances including Naughty Boys Storytime with Jasper
Fforde, Joe Dunthorne and Ed Holden who will be telling
family bedtime stories of mystery, mischief and adventure.
There will be a chance to experience the breath-taking
landscape of Dinefwr Park; take a guided walk to the Castle with the Wildlife
Trust, or embark on an exploration of local birds with travel writer Horatio
Clare. The festival will also present a range of works by visual artists
including: Jackie Morris; Anna Barratt; David Rees Davies;
Penny Hallas, Katherine Bujalska and Lewis Wright, as well as a
unique chance to see, up close, Philip Pullman’s original chapter-heading
vignette prints from His Dark Materials.
Literature
Throughout the weekend Dinefwr will be packed with
events by award-winning English and Welsh speaking authors, poets, travel
writers, graphic novelists, playwrights and sci-fi and fantasy writers. Names
include:
Howard Marks; Sir Andrew
Motion; Iain Sinclair; Luke Wright; Gillian Clarke; Joe Dunthorne; Jasper
Fforde; Wendy Cope; Dewi Prysor; David Crystal; Horatio Clare; Claire Keegan;
Jasper Rees; Huw Aaron; Lucy Caldwell; John Davies; Mike Parker;
Paul Henry; Mererid Hopwood; Rhys Iorwerth; Tom
Anderson; Ceri Wyn Jones; Robert Minhinnick; Peter Finch;
Jasper Rees; Alistair Reynolds and Nat Segnit.
In addition, literature collectives theAbsurd,
POETica, Jam Bones, Dal dy Dafod and In Chapters will be bringing
their own blend of music, spoken word and live literature to the festival
programme.
Tickets
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Full
details, including line-up information can be found on www.dinefwrliteraturefestival.co.uk
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Tickets
for the Dinefwr Literature Festival 2012 are available from Ticketline www.ticketline.co.uk/dinefwr-literature-festival
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