The inaugural Crickhowell Literary Festival welcomes author Horatio Clare to its programme of events this year. Launching his first children’s book, Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot, Horatio will be presenting classics and gems of children’s writing, celebrating the legacy of books about beasts. The Focus caught up with him ahead of the festival to ask […]
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Working together to save the Library
Everyone loves a good book and whilst your local library is a haven for discovering something new to read, it offers so much more besides: computer access, free Wifi, magazines and newspapers to mention a few. But with proposed budget cuts, the future of the local library is under continued threat. A newly formed group […]
Crickhowell Literary Festival 2015
Crickhowell lends itself well to becoming the setting for the newest literary festival in South Wales. The local area has been an inspiration for writers for centuries. Rev. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), lived and preached in the area in the early nineteenth century. Carnhuanawc was a vocal and active promoter of the Welsh language and culture, […]
ABERGAVENNY FILM SOCIETY NEW SEASON
On Wednesday 23rd September, Abergavenny Film Society, the longest running in Wales, will launch its new season of fourteen films. The Society was established in 1978 by a group of friends with a common interest in World Cinema and independent films. Our 2015-2016 programme has been chosen carefully to provide opportunities to see outstanding foreign […]
FOOD: An Exhibition at Broadleaf books
For a few days this coming September, Broadleaf Books in Abergavenny will host a group exhibition ‘FOOD’, bringing together works by contemporary visual artists from Wales and across the U.K. Abergavenny-based artists Melissa Appleton and Edwin Burdis are working with Broadleaf Books owner, Joanna Chambers, to curate the exhibition in the intimate setting of the […]
Book Review: The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. Their life – as she sees it […]
Family Song and Dance Workshops
At the Abergavenny Community Centre: Saturday 22nd August If you have little ones to entertain over the summer, finding activities to do with them can be a challenge. There’s nothing better than getting them moving about to burn off some excess energy. Abergavenny World Dance is holding a Family Song & Dance Workshop on 22nd […]
Jazz Alley Brings Free Music to Abergavenny’s Jazz Festival
Jazz Alley will be a new feature of the wall2wall Jazz Festival, which takes place in Abergavenny over the first weekend of September. Taking over the Market Hall on the Sunday – 6th September – from 11am to 6pm, Jazz Alley will see great music on the free jazz stage, a wide selection of […]
World’s Best Gypsy Jazz comes to Brecon
Amongst the global entertainment on offer at this year’s Brecon Jazz festival (August 7-9 breconjazz.com) is the passionate and energetic Gipsy Jazz from one of the world’s finest live exponents – Taraf de Haïdouks, a group of Gypsy “Lautari” (traditional musicians) who hail from the little Romanian village of Clejani. Taraf de Haïdouks (translates as […]
Crickhowell Literary Festival
The First Crickhowell Literary Festival will take place this year between 4th – 11th October. Initially conceived as a three day event, the wealth of local talent and the willingness of writers from throughout the UK to take part, has lead to a busy week-long programme. The Festival features something for everyone – there will […]
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