{"id":7617,"date":"2025-02-23T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7617"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:52:15","slug":"2025-sunday-11-00am-caryl-lewis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7617","title":{"rendered":"2025 Sunday – 11.00am Caryl Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In conversation with Caryl Lewis<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Date:\u00a0 Sunday 8th June 2025<\/strong><\/p>

Venue:\u00a0 Montgomery Town Hall<\/strong><\/p>

Time:\u00a0 11.00-11.45 am<\/strong><\/p>

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Author Caryl Lewis is a Welsh literary giant. Three times Wales Book of the Year winner, she writes in Welsh and English; for adults and children. It\u2019s a delight and a privilege to welcome her to this year\u2019s Monty Lit Fest to talk about her writing.<\/p>

Caryl\u2019s latest English language novel will also be hot off the presses. In Bitter Honey<\/em>, as Hannah prepares for the funeral of her husband of fifty years, she discovers eleven letters he has left her, each an examination of an aspect of their marriage. As the letters unfold, they reveal a devastating secret that will make Hannah have to re-evaluate her whole life.<\/p>

It promises to be another tour de force<\/em>. Don\u2019t miss this chance to meet one of Wales\u2019s greatest literary talents<\/p>

Caryl Lewis<\/strong>\u00a0is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist, children’s writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel\u00a0Martha, Jac a Sianco<\/em>\u00a0(2004) is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation – with a screenplay by Lewis herself – went on to win six Welsh BAFTAS and the Spirit of the Festival Award at the 2010 Celtic Media Festival. Lewis’s other screenwriting work includes the BBC\/S4C thrillers\u00a0Hinterland<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Hidden<\/em>. She is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth. 2022\u2019s\u00a0Drift\u00a0<\/em>was her debut novel in the English language, followed in 2025 by Bitter Honey<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 In conversation with Caryl Lewis Date:\u00a0 Sunday 8th June 2025 Venue:\u00a0 Montgomery Town Hall Time:\u00a0 11.00-11.45 am Tickets:\u00a0 \u00a39.00 Author Caryl Lewis is a Welsh literary giant. Three times Wales Book of the Year winner, she writes in Welsh and English; for adults and children. It\u2019s a delight and a privilege to welcome her …<\/p>\n

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