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See below for biographies of all Dinefwr Literature Festival 2012 performers:
Literature
Show from local actors Llio Silyn and Rhian Morgan ... read more
Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry ... read more
The biographer of Dylan Thomas in conversation with Thomas’ grandaughter ... read more
Renowned poet visits Dinefwr ... read more
A native of Pontypridd ... read more
Herefordshire author Archie Miles comes to Dinefwr ... read more
The Brautigan Book Club isn’t a normal book club ... read more
From surreal punk rock disquisition about the socialist inclinations of the Smurfs ... read more
Poet and children’s novelist Catherine was born in Newport ... read more
Caught By The River ... read more
Multi award-winning Australian comedian ... read more
Children’s Poet for Wales 2003-04 ... read more
Critically acclaimed writer comes to Dinefwr ... read more
Clare Potter is a writer, (performance) poet and teacher ... read more
A popular Welsh music and poetry show. ... read more
The comic radio presenter ... read more
David and Helen Orme are coming to Dinefwr ... read more
World-renowned linguistics expert David Crystal is coming to Dinefwr ... read more
Writer ... read more
Acclaimed artist David Rees Davies ... read more
Deborah Kay Davies was born and grew up in the Eastern Valley ... read more
Trawsfynydd native comes to Dinefwr ... read more
Elen is the award-winning author of numerous children books ... read more
The Welsh Children’s Poet ... read more
Actor, musician, DJ ... read more
The Welsh National Poet will be at Dinefwr. ... read more
South African born Gillian Slovo is the author of twelve novels ... read more
President of the Dylan Thomas Society, and Dylan Thomas’ grandaughter ... read more
Variously an author, journalist, teacher and radio presenter, Horatio Clare ... read more
Call him Mr Nice.. ... read more
The creative collective presents ‘The New Scavengers’ ... read more
His cartoons regularly tickle the pages of Private Eye, Reader’s Digest and The Oldie, among other magazines. ... read more
Multitalented author from Wales ... read more
Ifor has performed his poetry all over the UK at venues as diverse as the Hay Literary Festival ... read more
In Chapters is a regular music and literary revue based in Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre ... read more
Illustrator ... read more
James took his first full solo show ... read more
James Attlee is a non-fiction author ... read more
Jasper Fforde will be in Dinefwr ... read more
Journalist, author and Welsh learner extraordinaire. ... read more
Jenny Sullivan will be in Dinefwr ... read more
Jeremy Strong used to work in a bakery putting the jam in doughnuts ... read more
Much-loved children’s author and illustrator to read for us ... read more
Joe Dunthorne is coming to Dinefwr ... read more
Renowned historian visits Dinefwr ... read more
Fiction and travel writer John Harrison ... read more
One of the funniest men alive ... read more
John Osborne is the author of Radio Head and The Newsagent’s Window, both published by Simon&Schuster. ... read more
“Truly compelling… absolutely hilarious” ... read more
Mr Lloyd Jones ... read more
Lucy Caldwell was born in Belfast in 1981 ... read more
Lucy Christopher grew up in Australia but now lives in Wales ... read more
4Talent award winner Luke Wright is coming to Dinefwr. ... read more
Performance poet ... read more
From the collective Caught By The River ... read more
Mererid was born in Cardiff, and received her education in Bryntaf and Llanhari school ... read more
The Map Addict himself ... read more
Molly Naylor is a writer, performer, poet ... read more
Nat Segnit was born in London and educated at Lincoln College, Oxford ... read more
One of the Caught by the River collective performers ... read more
Editor, author, photographer ... read more
Pascale Petit’s latest collection is What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo ... read more
Paul Henry, one of Wales’s leading poets, is coming to Dinefwr ... read more
Peter Finch is a poet, psychogeographer and literary entrepreneur ... read more
Phil Carradice is a novelist, poet and story writer ... read more
Philip ‘Beardy’ Ardagh is the award-winning author of the Eddie Dickens adventures ... read more
Born in 1952 in Delabole, Cornwall, Philip ... read more
Caernarfon’s young Chaired poet ... read more
One of the Caught By The River performers ... read more
Robert Minhinnick publishes his ‘New Selected Poems’ ... read more
One of the Caught by the River performers ... read more
Born in Porthcawl to a Welsh mother and a Dutch father ... read more
Be there and be square ... read more
Star of BBC2’s Attention Scum and Radio 4’s Where Did It All Go Wrong ... read more
Small World Theatre will re-enact the tale of The Fisherman and the Mermaid ... read more
Come and join our workshops and create your own Dinefwr inspired pizza! ... read more
The Junket Club is a nomadic comedy venture ... read more
Charlatans singer ... read more
Tishani Doshi was born in Madras, India, in 1975 to Welsh-Gujarati parents ... read more
The surfer, traveler and author from Porthcawl ... read more
Tom Cheesman lectures in German at Swansea University. ... read more
Yorkshire funny man ... read more
Author and Poet ... read more
The Salinger-esque author from Canada ... read more
The popular poet Wendy Cope ... read more
Music
The three musical Cowboys from North Wales ... read more
Critically acclaimed Emmy to sing for us ... read more
The exquisite harpist and singer, Georgia Ruth ... read more
The inimitable Gruff Rhys added to line-up ... read more
In Chapters is a regular music and literary revue based in Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre ... read more
One of the Caught by the River collective performers ... read more
Narberth Singer ... read more
The legendary Julian Cope comes to Dinefwr ... read more
The Welsh blues singer, Steve Eaves ... read more
Sŵn is extremely proud to be curating the musical content for the inaugural Dinefwr Literature Festival ... read more
The three sisters who are going on a tour in the US with Bon Iver ... read more
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