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Mel Owen

Hay Festival 2026, 

Join comedian, script writer, author and presenter Mel Owen for a lively bilingual event exploring how mistakes can be the perfect starting point for the best stories. You’ll work with Mel to create short comedy sketches.

Mel’s writing credits include Netflix, Channel 4, BBC One and BBC Radio 4. In 2024, Mel published her first book Oedolyn (ish!), which was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year and became one of the most-bought Welsh language books of 2024.

Dewch i ymuno â’r comedïwr, yr ysgrifennydd sgriptiau, yr awdur a’r cyflwynydd Mel Owen, i gymryd rhan mewn digwyddiad dwyieithog bywiog, sy’n ymchwilio sut mae camgymeriadau yn gallu bod y mannau cychwyn perffaith i’r straeon gorau. Byddwch chi’n gweithio gyda Mel i greu sgetsys comedi byrion.

Mae ei chredydau ysgrifennu yn cynnwys Netflix, Channel 4, BBC One a BBC Radio 4. Ym 2024, cyhoeddodd Mel ei llyfr cyntaf, Oedolyn (ish!). Cyrhaeddodd Oedolyn (ish!) restr fer gwobr Llyfr y Flwyddyn Cymru, a daeth yn un o’r llyfrau Cymraeg mwyaf poblogaidd yn 2024.

KS3/4 | CA3/4