{"id":7265,"date":"2024-06-10T08:51:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T08:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?p=7265"},"modified":"2024-06-10T09:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:23:56","slug":"what-a-weekend-monty-lit-fest-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?p=7265","title":{"rendered":"What a weekend! Monty Lit Fest 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What a weekend we had at Monty Lit Fest 2024!\u00a0<\/p>

We’re delighted that so many of you joined us for a very special weekend that will live long in the memory. There were so many highlights and special moments: from meeting our authors to music and art; from cake, tapas and pizzas to storytelling and readings; from our two Festival bookshops to spending time with the fantastic young book lovers at Montgomery Primary School. Montgomery felt abuzz with the thrill of it all.\u00a0<\/p>

And so many brilliant sessions to remember.<\/span><\/p>

We heard about the inspiration for Sally Coulthard’s 100 objects that tell us the oft-forgotten history of the countryside – as well as tales of Wanda the goose. <\/span><\/p>

We relived the 1990s and the era of Cool Cymru with Neil Collins and Rhys Mwyn and rediscovered the brilliant twentieth century Welsh artist Ray Howard-Jones, courtesy of David Moore. <\/span><\/p>

We talked about writing journeys, research and processes; plots, characters and the importance of a sense of place with top fiction authors Simon Chandler, Tim Pears, Chris Lloyd,\u00a0 Myfanwy Alexander and Sian Hughes.<\/p>

We uncovered the World War II secrets of Gwrych Castle with Andrew Hesketh and were left in no doubt about the Welsh credentials of Henry VII by Nathen Amin.\u00a0<\/p>

We explored the power of darkness with Jacqueline Yallop and were spooked by a whole gamut of Welsh ghosts – including the tale of\u00a0 Montgomery’s own Robber’s Grave – with Delyth Badder and Owen Staton.\u00a0<\/p>

We treated aspiring writers to two workshops in the company of Tim Pears and Jacqueline Yallop.\u00a0<\/p>

We shared Tom Bullough’s journey along Sarn Helen; debated re-wilding vs re-naturing with Roger Morgan-Grenville and learnt how the history of the Welsh landscape might offer a route map for a better rural future with Carwyn Graves.\u00a0<\/p>

We exercised our grey cells with another of Marcus Berkmann’s brilliant quizzes and got the inside story of Wrexham FC’s Hollywood-inspired renaissance with Ian Herbert.<\/p>

We’re still humming Cwm Rhondda<\/em> from the Festival’s finale and another Monty Lit Fest first: our version of a Cymanfa Ganu with M Wynn Thomas, Sioned Webb and the Penybontfawr Male Voice Choir.\u00a0<\/p>

We loved buying (too many)\u00a0 books and having them signed by our authors, and soaking up the atmosphere with so much going on all over town.\u00a0<\/p>

One word kept cropping up in conversations: friendly. That’s no accident. We’re all about our communities coming together to enjoy and spread the joys of the written word – and having loads of fun along the way. We offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped us make that happen.\u00a0<\/p>

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What a weekend we had at Monty Lit Fest 2024!\u00a0 We’re delighted that so many of you joined us for a very special weekend that will live long in the memory. There were so many highlights and special moments: from meeting our authors to music and art; from cake, tapas and pizzas to storytelling and …<\/p>\n

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