Y Babell Lên (The Literary Pavilion) is home of the famous ‘Ymryson’ (poets competition), the literary competitions, stories, and a whole lot of fun.

This pavilion fills up very quickly, so make sure you’re there well in advance to guarantee your seat.

Activities during the week:

Saturday 31 July

11:30: Opening session. Presentations by primary schools

13:00:Blaenau Gwent Folklore

14:15: Folk songs of the Valleys

15:15: Talwrn y Beirdd final

Sunday 1 August

12:30 Local infants schools

13:45 Remembering O. M. Lloyd

14:45 Children with the resident writer, Caryl P. Jones

Monday 2 August

12:00 Story of the day

12:45 Winners of the poetry competitions

13:45 Lecture

14:45 Bedwen Haf

17.50 BBC Tocyn Wythnos programme 

Tuesday 3 August

10.00 Bedwen Haf

11:00 Y Wenwyseg - Mary Wiliam

12:00 Story of the day

12:45 Prose winners

13:45 Derec Llwyd Morgan - Lecture on Islwyn

14:45 Ymryson y Beirdd

15:45 Remembering Iwan Llwyd

17:00 Preliminary: Solo from a musical or film under 19 yrs

Wednesday 4 August

10:00 Remembering Dic Jones

11:00 Peredur Lynch - the Literary Lecture

12:00 Story of the Day

12:45 Fy Lôn Wen i

13:45 Tribute programme to Dafydd Islwyn

14:45 Ymryson y Beirdd

17:50 BBC Tocyn Wythnos programme

Thursday 5 August

10:00 Dwyn i gof- W.J. Edwards

11:00 Hywel Teifi Edwards Memorial Lecture

12:00 Story of the Day

12:45 Literary favourites

13:45 Remembering Hywel Teifi

14:45 Ymryson y Beirdd

15:45 Young poets

Friday 6 August

12:00 Story of the Day

12:45 University of Wales lecture

13:45 Bedwen Haf

14:30 Ymryson y Beirdd final

17:50  BBC Tocyn Wythnos programme

Saturday 7 August

09:00 Literary Tour

11:00 Tu Chwith

12:00 Hay Festival