Learn about finding your tribe and finding yourself in this stunning young-adult verse novel from award-winning poet, academic and children’s author Patience Agbabi. It’s 1980: sixteen-year-old Tamilola has moved from London to Colwyn Bay; everything’s different, everyone belongs except her. Then she discovers an amazing Northern Soul club at the end of the pier with its athletic dancers and rare records. But conflict comes with a rival nightclub… Patience was born in London to Nigerian parents. She is the author of four dynamic poetry collections. Her first children’s novel The Infinite was Wales Book of the Year 2021.
Dewch i ddysgu am ddod o hyd i grŵp neu gymuned o bobl rydych chi’n teimlo’n gartrefol gyda nhw, ac am ddod o hyd i chi’ch hun yn y nofel farddonol hyfryd hon i oedolion ifanc gan y bardd, yr academydd a’r awdures Patience Agbabi, sydd wedi ennill sawl gwobr. Mae’n 1980: mae Tamilola, sy’n un ar bymtheg, wedi symud o Lundain i Fae Colwyn; mae popeth yn wahanol, ac mae pawb yn perthyn, heblaw amdani hi. Yna, mae hi’n darganfod clwb Northern Soul anhygoel ar ben y pier, yn llawn dawnswyr athletaidd a recordiau prin. Ond mae gwrthdaro gyda chlwb nos arall… Ganwyd Patience yn Llundain i rieni o Nigeria. Mae hi yn awdur ar bedwar casgliad o farddoniaeth deinamig. Enillodd ei nofel gyntaf i blant The Infinite Wobr Llyfr y Flwyddyn Cymru 2021.
