If it’s not too late, then Happy New Year!

We’ve had a lot of you visit over the second half of 2024, either to participate and or enjoy book related events, like author Jo Thomas, cookbook queens Jacqui and Julie, and local authors Judith and Thorne. Festival directors Michael Pugh of Llangwmlitfest and Amber Lort-Phillips of The Big Retreat have helped us, while fiction lover Dot and Phil Rowlands, author and publisher of Diamond Books contributed video reviews and insights. Rhian and Sian Chilcott most generously donated an amazing selection of Welsh history and Welsh culture books, collected by their late mother.

Shelf loads of appreciation to you all and a big diolch.

Looking forward, we have another Book Bar scheduled for 6th February. This will be all-kinds-of love themed, with readings and local readers coralled by Mark Lewis. There will be love themed drinks, insights into interesting Welsh love practices and you’ll be invited to help answer the question: who is Wales’s greatest lover?

Tickets £5 are available here.