BBC Radio Cymru Resident Poet
Chaired poet and Director of Canolfan Bedwyr, Dr Llion Jones, has taken on a new role as resident poet for the BBC鈥檚 Welsh language radio station , this month.
The idea of commissioning a resident poet is a new departure for Radio Cymru with the aim of providing listeners with an opportunity to gain a better insight into the poet鈥檚 work and the station itself. Each month, the resident poet is expected to produce a number of poems based on conversations, stories, songs or whole programmes heard on Radio Cymru. The poems will then be broadcast on various Radio Cymru programmes.
鈥淭his is a unique and exciting project,鈥� said Betsan Powys, Radio Cymru's Programme Editor. 鈥淥ur hope is that the poets鈥� creative involvement will enrich what we have to offer鈥�.
Llion, who last year won the 鈥楶eople鈥檚 Choice Award鈥� in the Wales Book of the Year competition for his innovative book of poetic tweets Trydar mewn Trawiadau, said: 鈥淎s one who has always strived to build bridges between poetry and different media and platforms, I鈥檓 looking forward to the challenge and responsibility of bringing Radio Cymru listeners and poetry closer together鈥�.
Publication date: 4 June 2014