Monday, 11 August 2014

The Word is Out: A New Festival for 2014

The Word y Gair (The Word is Out) is a festival celebrating words of all kinds, from rap to braille, sign language, poetry, fiction, comic strips, graffiti art, song, performance and more. 

The Word is new to the Festival line up in 2014. 

It is being held within the walls and on the historic quay side of the world heritage site at Conwy, North Wales. Visitors can even go out onto the water with a writer for inspiration! 


The festival takes place between August 15-17, 2014 in Conwy, North Wales. 

Those taking part this year include, National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke, world word expert Professor David Crystal, performance poet Patience Agbabi, Young People's Laureate Martin Daws, poet and author Gladys Mary Coles and bookbinder Paul Delrue. 

You can find out more about this unique festival by clicking here

Image: Horia Varlan, Flickr

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