Literary festival announced for Mid Wales
Details for this year’s Montgomeryshire Literary Festival have been released, with a line up of leading authors including Horatio Clare, Simon Jenkins and Clare Mackintosh.
Now in its second year, the 2019 Monty Lit Fest will take place over the weekend of June 14-16 in the historic setting of Gregynog Hall, near Newtown.
As with last year’s inaugural Festival, organised by the Montgomeryshire Literary Festival Trust, the event celebrates authors with personal and literary links with Wales and the Welsh borders.
Bestselling author, Clare Mackintosh, will be talking about her work and new novel, After the End while Simon Jenkins will talk about his often controversial views on Welsh architecture.
Authors as wide ranging as Alan Garner and Tom Bullough will talk about how mid Wales inspire them while Horatio Clare will tell stories of his writing adventures around the world, and how they have influenced his work.
Andrew Green will explain how the history of Wales can be told through 100 of its most significant objects and military historian, Peter Caddick-Adams will give an alternative outcome to the D-Day landings.
Winners of the 2019 New Welsh Review Writing Awards will be in conversation with author Cynan Jones and editor, Gwen Davies.
Budding authors can take advantage of two lunchtime sessions, one with top literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes and the second a hands-on working lunch with Gwen Davies and Julia Forster of New Welsh Review.
Festival founder, Simon Baynes, said: ‘I’m delighted that we’ve been able to bring to this year’s Festival such a range of literary talent.
"We’re also delighted to be teaming up with Gregynog Hall, a fitting backdrop for a weekend of stories and readings, debate and literary delights."
The festival will also shortly release its children’s programme, featuring sessions with authors and illustrators and supervised trails through the Gregynog grounds.
Accommodation for the weekend, as well as a fine array of food and drink, is available at Gregynog Hall the Festival bookshop will be run by Oswestry’s Booka Bookshop.
Online ticket sales and full programme details are available via the Festival’s website montylitfest.wordpress.com/tickets.
Last year's event took place at Bodfach hall, Llanfyllin and next year's will be based in Montgomery.
