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Matt Goodfellow

Six Weeks

Hay Festival 2026, 

Ride out grief and explore family and freedom with rising star Matt Goodfellow, author of The Final Year. Matt is a winner of the CLiPPA Award, a former teacher turned poet and novelist, and Six Weeks is his hotly anticipated new book. Meet Alfie Piper, embarking on a summer he’ll never forget. Alfie has six weeks of holiday – and nothing left to lose. Since his mum died, Alfie’s world has unravelled. The silence between him and his stepdad roars louder than ever. So he does the only thing that makes sense: grabs his bike, and rides. In these long summer days, can Alfie rebuild what was broken?

Dewch i reidio drwy’r profiad o alar ac archwilio’r themâu o deulu a rhyddid gyda Matt Goodfellow, awdur The Final Year, sydd â dyfodol disglair. Mae Matt yn enillydd Gwobr CLiPPA, yn gyn-athro sydd bellach yn fardd ac yn nofelydd, a Six Weeks yw ei lyfr newydd hirddisgwyliedig. Dewch i gyfarfod Alfie Piper, sy’n dechrau gwyliau’r haf ar daith na fydd o fyth yn anghofio. Mae gan Alfie chwe wythnos o wyliau, a dim ar ôl i'w golli. Ers i’w fam farw, mae ei fyd wedi chwalu. Mae’r distawrwydd rhyngddo ef a’i lystad yn fwy amlwg nag erioed. Felly, mae’n gwneud yr unig beth sy’n gwneud synnwyr: mae’n gafael yn ei feic, ac yn reidio. Yn ystod y dyddiau hir hyn o haf, ydy Alfie yn gallu ailadeiladu beth oedd wedi torri?

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