Twm will be hosting workshops in schools and youth organisations during his year in office. To invite Twm to visit, e-mail barddplant@academi.org. Workshops are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
It has been announced from the stage of the Urdd Gobaith Cymru National Eisteddfod in Cardiff 2009, that Wales' Children's Poet Laureate 2009-2010 is Twm Morys from Llanystumdwy.
Twm Morys is a well-known poet, singer, broadcaster and columnist. Born in Oxford, he was raised in Llanystumdwy, where he now lives with his wife and children. He won the Bardic Chair at the National Eisteddfod in Maldwyn in 2003. He is a member of the Talwrn y Beirdd team Y Tywysogion, and he sings with the group Bob Delyn a'r Ebillion. His publications include Ofn Fy Het (Barddas, 1995), Triawd Machynlleth (with Jan Morris; Viking, 1994), Eldorado (with Iwan Llwyd; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1999) and 2 (Barddas, 2002).
Bardd Plant Cymru (the Wales Children's Poet Laureate) is a joint scheme between S4C, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, The Welsh Books Council and The Welsh Academy. Its aims are to raise the profile of poetry amongst young people and to encourage them to create and enjoy poetry. A number of Wales' best-known poets have held the post since it was founded in 2000.
Twm Morys says: "I've been visiting schools for years to talk about poetry and to write poetry with children. I have come to realise that the most important work that we do is give children confidence: the confidence to express themselves, and the confidence to belong. We make language a ball, and by playing with that ball, the children, sometimes without realising it, learn vocabulary and grammar, local history, Welsh history and the ways of the world."
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