Hay Festival Scribblers Tour 2020

Join us for a creative journey on the Scribblers Tour.

Hay Festival Scribblers Tour will be coming to a university near you in February 2020, thanks to Welsh Government funding. Please contact aine@hayfestival.org for booking information.

You can apply to the Go and See Fund from Arts Council Wales for a travel bursary. You need to apply at least four weeks before your visit to The Scribblers Tour.

Download the Scribblers Tour 2020 programme

University	Week 1 – Years 7 & 8	Week 2 – Years 9 & 10
Glyndwr University	Monday 3 February 2020	Monday 10 February 2020
Aberystwyth University	Tuesday 4 February 2020	Tuesday 11 February 2020
Swansea University	Wednesday 5 February 2020	Wednesday 12 February 2020
Cardiff Metropolitan University	Thursday 6 February 2020	Thursday 13 February 2020
University of South Wales	Friday 7 February 2020	Friday 14 February 2020

In interactive events pupils will be building stories, asking questions and expressing themselves through the power of writing. Authors and compères will spend time with the pupils, on and off the stage, to encourage creative conversations throughout the tour.

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Week 1 – 3–7 February 2020 – Years 7 & 8

Ali Sparkes

Ali Sparkes should NEVER have ended up an author. When she was five she thought the letter ‘m’ was a three-legged orange. Find out why when you meet Ali – and learn about all the things that went wrong in her bid to be an author, starting with the sad story of the worst reader and writer in school. This will be a highly interactive event with props, sound effects and a bit of hypnotism; whether you love reading or are baffled by books… you’ll never be quite the same again.

Aneirin Karadog

Award-winning poet Aneirin Karadog was Bardd Plant Cymru 2013–2015 (Children’s Poet of Wales) and writes poetry mainly in Cymraeg. He speaks five languages and has been known to rap in a previous life. Bilingually, Aneirin will introduce you to the mystical arts of Welsh poetic kung-fu, known as Cynghanedd, and give you the tools to become acely-paced poets.

Jenny Valentine

Award-winning YA author and teen champion Jenny Valentine will be compèring the Scribblers Tour and encouraging pupils to find their own words to express ideas and creativity throughout the tour.

Week 2 – 10–14 February 2020 – Years 9 & 10

Patrice Lawrence

Patrice is an award-winning writer who never believed that people like her could be an author. She was too different in so many ways. In this interactive workshop, Patrice will use her own story to help young writers find their unique storytelling skills. Warning: a teenage diary may be involved.

Brian Conaghan

Brian is a Scottish author of contemporary YA fiction that includes award-winning books The Bombs That Brought Us Together, When Mr Dog Bites, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers and The M Word. Brian will be challenging pupils to create short dialogue pieces through a series of visual and textual stimuli. This interactive workshop will give pupils an opportunity to craft their own characters, giving them a distinctive voice.

Jenny Valentine

Award-winning YA author and teen champion Jenny Valentine will be compèring the Scribblers Tour and encouraging pupils to find their own words to express ideas and creativity throughout the tour.

Download the Scribblers Tour 2020 programme

Scribblers Tour 2019 Teaching Materials

The Scribblers Welsh Language event (2018)

The Scribblers Newspaper 2019