New literary magazine to be launched at 'The Urdd'
A new literary magazine that has been created by first year students in the Department of Welsh at Aberystwyth University as part of a module they are studying, is to be launched on Saturday (9 June) at the Urdd Eisteddfod. The students taking the module 'Introduction to Welsh Professional' have been given an ambitious project to work on this season, to publish and edit a literary magazine called Y Ddraig (The Dragon). This bulky 117 page edition will include examples of creative work of students from more than one of the university’s departments. It will contain short stories, poems, micro pieces of literature, as well as interviews with interesting individuals. The magazine will be launched on the University stand at the Urdd in Glynllifon at 12 o'clock on Saturday, 9 June. It will provide Aberystwyth University’s new generation of young poets and authors the opportunity to showcase their work. Professor Margaret Haycock and Dr Bleddyn Huws are coordinating the mo...