Stations to the Untenanted Cross

Susan Fogarty Ministry through Poetry

Walking meditation using Thomas’s poetry as prayer

St Hywyn’s Church Limited to 20 people

Thursday 19:30-20:30 £12

Leaning Into Place

clare e.potter,  poet, Pontypridd

A bilingual, creative writing workshop for new and experienced writers alike.

Sarn y Plas Cottage, Y Rhiw (5 miles from Aberdaron)  Limited to 10 people

Friday 10:30-15:30 £68

Poetry in a Wildflower Meadow

Susan Fogarty Festival Director

Walk in the wildflower meadow and listen to Thomas’s poetry speak into the landscape.

Gorlan Hen, Rhydlios, (5 miles from Aberdaron) Limited to 20 people

Friday 10:30-11:45 £12

The Dance of Life: From Elsie to Therese

Therese Urbanska & Susan Fogarty

Elsie Eldridge’s Masterwork inspires the creation of another 6 paintings

Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw Gallery, Llanbedrog (30 people

Friday 14:00 – 15:00 £0

Reading Early Welsh ‘Englyn’ poems in Translation

Jenny Rowland, Dublin

Discover how early Welsh saga poems explore society and human emotion

The Sailing Club (Upstairs no disabled access) Limited to 40 people

Friday 14:00-15:15 £12

Claf Abercuawg: search for meaning in suffering

Jim Cotter Memorial Lecture

David McBride, USA.

Translation of Claf Abercuawg which inspired Thomas’ essay 50 years ago.

The Sailing Club (Upstairs no disabled access)   Limited to 40 people

 Friday 15:30-16:45 £12

Open Mic. Session

Poetry with a thread of connection to RS Thomas

Caffi Hen Blas Cafe Limited to 30 people

Friday 19:30-21:00 £7

Collector’s Book Sale

Ysgol Crud y Werin School

Saturday 10:00-16:30

Imagination and Loss: poetry on the frontier between exile and homecoming.

Dr Rowan Williams, Swansea

Serious poetry reckons with  human beings, constantly in exile from ourselves.

Ysgol Crud y Werin School Hall

Saturday 10:30-11:45  £12

Artists at the Year’s Turning: A Lost Article by R.S. Thomas

Jason Walford Davies

RS Thomas Research Centre, Bangor University.

Ysgol Crud y Werin School

Saturday 13:30-14:45 £12

An antidote to loneliness? The ‘twin being’ of R.S.Thomas and Franz Schubert

Joshua Games, Brecon & Bavaria

RS Thomas once told harpist Elinor Bennett that language was “nothing compared to music” in coming closest to God. It was Schubert – says Tony Brown – who was “closest to RS’s heart.”

Ysgol Crud y Werin School Hall

Saturday 15:00-16:15  £12

Concert: Schubert Choral

Trystan Lewis, Music Director & Conductor

RS Thomas’ favourite composer; Schubert performed by North Wales singers

Eglwys St Hywyn’s Church

Saturday 19:30-20:30 £12

Sunday Worship

Bilingual Eucharist Service

Eglwys St Hywyn’s Church

Sunday 10:30-11:30

RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Society Members

Traditional Sunday Lunch for Presenters and Members

The Ship Hotel (chicken or vegetarian) Limited to 30 people

Sunday 12:15-13:30 £20

Walking in Thomas’s Footsteps

Susan Fogarty Festival Director

The secluded route through the ‘Thicket in Llyn’ from the church towards the rectory

Daron River Valley Limited to 20

Sunday 14:00-16:00 £12

Cymanfa Ganu: Traditional Hymn Singing

Trystan Lewis Conductor

Bilingual programme of Traditional Hymns : Eglwys St Hywyn’s Church

Sunday 18:00-19:00 £7

Through the Keyhole: Sarn y Plas

Unaccompanied look inside the home and gardens where the poet and artist lived

Limited to 10 people £0

Saturday 12:00 – 13:00 & 15:30 – 16:30

Sunday 12:30 – 13:30 & 14:00-15:00