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Siôn Tomos Owen

Gerwyn Gwrthod a’r Llyfr Does Neb yn Cael ei Ddarllen | The Book That Nobody is Allowed to Read

Hay Festival 2026, 

In this bilingual event, starting with just a scribble, Siôn Tomos Owen (or Barwn E Bychnod the Fifth) takes you on an adventure into the Book that Nobody is Allowed to Read and helps you create characters like Dan Jerys, the Bronfwystfil and Maldwyn the Giant Duck.

Siôn, the current Bardd Plant Cymru, is a bilingual writer, poet, artist and presenter from Treorchy in Rhondda Fawr. He has written and illustrated several books for children and Welsh learners, and his poetry and stories are on the new curriculum for GCSE Welsh and Welsh as a second language.

Yn y digwyddiad dwyieithog hwn, bydd Siôn Tomos Owen (neu Barwn E Bychnod y 5ed) yn dechrau gyda dim ond sgribl, ac yn eich tywys i mewn i’r Llyfr Does Neb yn Cael ei Ddarllen, ac yn eich helpu i greu cymeriadau fel Dan Jerys, y Bronfwystfil a Maldwyn yr Hwyaden Anferth.

Mae Siôn, Bardd presennol Plant Cymru, yn awdur, bardd, artist a chyflwynydd dwyieithog o Dreorci yn Rhondda Fawr. Mae wedi ysgrifennu a darlunio sawl llyfr i blant a dysgwyr Cymraeg, ac mae ei farddoniaeth a’i straeon ar y cwricwlwm newydd ar gyfer TGAU Cymraeg a Chymraeg fel ail iaith.

KS2 | CA2