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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Sep 4

Llongyfarchiadau 👏👏

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ein cadeiryddes ar y sgrîn...eto! Pob lwc 'da lansiad "Cath Fenthyg", Myf #cathfach

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Rhys Mwyn @rhysmwyn.bsky.social · Jul 1

Ar y sioe nos Lun nesa 07.07.25
@BBCRadioCymru - son am hyn - cerflun Mike Peters yn Rhyl @thealarm.bsky.social

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 22

Guess who's made it into @guardian Top 50 Summer Reads? (We think you missed a few @montylitfest.bsky.social writers tbh).

Nice one @jonathancoe.bsky.social and @jonsavage.bsky.social

#jonathancoe #theproofofmyinnocence #JonSavage #thesecretpublic #montylitfest

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Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · Jun 8

Had just the best weekend in Montgomery. Such a great programme, brilliantly organised. Diolch o galon ffrindiau Drefaldwyn!

Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 8

Two relentless walkers and - thankfully - inspired by it to write rich and absorbing books

@gwallter.bsky.social talks about the history of walking with @mikeparker.bsky.social Everyone had to walk after all to get anywhere (except the wealthy) - and Wales is rich in pilgrimage tales.

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Matthew Yeomans @mateoy.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks for @montylitfest.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about Seascape this past weekend. And it was great to see so many @calonbooks.bsky.social authors share their work and passion for Wales with the festival audience.

Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 9

Another full house for @mateoy.bsky.social session on his walks along the coastal path of Wales. Entertaining - but a wake-up call about the lessons of history and the future of our wonderful coastline. #seascape. (And the pirates didn't disappoint). Thank you Matthew

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 9

youtu.be/L-d4J3YUQmU?.... @jonsavage.bsky.social #ABBA #reverseengineering ;)
Thank you once again for a really enjoyable session at @montylitfest.bsky.social

Erasure - Take A Chance On Me (Official Video Remastered HD)

YouTube video by Erasure

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 9

Philip : Teacher, writer, producer, director, actor - oh and mentor of Richard Burton. So many extraordinary lives between Mountain Ash and Key West meriting Angela V John's excellent biography. And our eagerly-awaited movie closer produced by Ed Talfan. Bravo Mr Burton 👏👏

Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 9

Braf iawn i'ch croesawu'n ôl - a job mor dda. Diolch yn fawr iawn

Rhys Mwyn @rhysmwyn.bsky.social · Jun 8

Braf cael dychwelyd i
@montylitfest.bsky.social
am y 4dd tro ar gyfer y Late Lounge a chael sgwrsio hefo
@JonSavage1966

Always great returning for the Late Lounge and this year a huge pleasure chatting The Secret Public with Jon Savage.
Shout Out on
@BBCRadioCymru

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 9

Another full house for @mateoy.bsky.social session on his walks along the coastal path of Wales. Entertaining - but a wake-up call about the lessons of history and the future of our wonderful coastline. #seascape. (And the pirates didn't disappoint). Thank you Matthew

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 8

Two relentless walkers and - thankfully - inspired by it to write rich and absorbing books

@gwallter.bsky.social talks about the history of walking with @mikeparker.bsky.social Everyone had to walk after all to get anywhere (except the wealthy) - and Wales is rich in pilgrimage tales.

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 8

Which one are you??? @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social throws down the gauntlet and asks what you would do to get your son onto the throne?

"The King's Mother" - This is the one battlefield Wars of the Roses that you really need to know about

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

#odd

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

THIS SUNDAY, a feast of writing about our coastline, hinterland and wildlife. How do we live in, not just love, the natural world?

Andrew Green, Mike Parker, Roger Morgan-Grenville, Adam Bedford, Matthew Yeomans, Myfanwy Alexander

NB Unfortunately, Jon Gower is unable to attend

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

Serious people. Robert Cecil and his father William. Change of pace with Prof Stephen Alford on what power politicians can achieve if they have their head screwed on.

Lessons from the C16th & 17th 👀 👀

Thank you Luned & David Corser for your sponsorship.

Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

We knew this would be good stuff! Russ Williams and @owenstaton.bsky.social in a fresh and very welcome take on Welsh folklore - and all over the world. To think Disney's "Hercules" is part of Russ's own quest!

Diolch Russ ac Owen, and Welshpool Printing Group for sponsoring, and all our printing

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

Was Cleopatra a "Daddy's Girl"? Well, they all were. All seven Cleopatras were immersed in their family history, felt its weight and its origins outside Africa - but also wore their own power as a right.

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones unravels a complex tapestry of Ptolomies. With Clare Grist-Taylor

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

@rhianejones.bsky.social is inciting this meeting to rebellion and @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social is helping her with some gusto!

You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.

Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

The inestimable Gwyneth Lewis. With Sioned Wiliam, she explains why she had to write about the effect her abusive mother had on her health, physical and mental.

The power of words to destroy and heal - just like nightshade. Few who can command language like Gwyneth.

"Deadly Nightshade"

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

Already we're in Carys Davies's worlds where the sense of place couldn't be more vivid. How she gets there is just as fascinating. Especially where characters don't share a common language as in "Clear"...

Diolch yn fawr.

More about the Festival at montylitfest.com

Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

Great fun as well as insightful convo with @jonathancoe.bsky.social and Michele O'Leary - and a great start to @montylitfest.bsky.social Saturday sessions. Yes we were entertained!

Diolch yn fawr - esp to sponsors EvaBuild. More about this weekend at montylitfest.com

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 7

Fab!!!

Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · Jun 7

With Paul and Alice outside Castle Kitchen Montgomery - a fantastic lunch before #montylitfest

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 6

Diolch chi'ch dau. @jonsavage.bsky.social @rhysmwyn.bsky.social #thesecretpublic #nextread

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 6

It's STARTED! Mike Parker and Sioned Wiliam open Monty Lit Fest to a packed house and a poetry and prose examination of borders (a fave subject of ours) and map obsession.

The rest of the weekend awaits you at montylitfest.com. 🥳 🍰📖📖

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Rhys Mwyn @rhysmwyn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Heading down soon - this will be really good ......

Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Jun 5

@jonsavage.bsky.social and @rhysmwyn.bsky.social talking all things #thesecretpublic at our Late Lounge THIS FRIDAY, 6th June.

Be the first in the queue for the book signing 😁

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Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · Jun 5

Paperback of The Secret Public today. Exhibition of book materials plus more at the John Rylands Library until November. You know what to do

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