Gareth Bonello/The Gentle Good, Mererid Hopwood, Dairena Ní Chinnéide

Event: Gareth Bonello/The Gentle Good, Mererid Hopwood and Dairena Ní Chinnéide

Time: 7.30pm

Date: Tuesday 10 March 2026

Location: Canolfan Arad Goch, Bath Street, Aberystwyth

Tickets: Free but please reserve in advance by emailing post@aradgoch.org

On Tuesday 10 March in Canolfan Arad Goch, the Gentle Good will be in conversation with Professor Mererid Hopwood, discussing his album Elan, and performing the songs inspired by the history and landscape of the Elan Valley.

The Irish poet Dairena Ní Chinnéide will also perform her work, and we will hear Mererid’s translations of her poems into Welsh. Dairena Ní Chinnéide is a bilingual poet. The most recent of her 12 published collections is ‘Teacht Aniar Meascra Dánta 2004-2024’ (Éabhlóid 2024),  and ‘Tairseach’ (Éabhlóid, 2022); deleted, by Salmon Poetry (2019) is her debut collection in English. She is an interpreter, former television producer and journalist.

Simultaneous translation will be provided.

This event is part of a wider programme of activities being organised during February and March 2026 to celebrate Aberystwyth Ceredigion’s recognition as Wales’s first Dinas Llên / City of Literature. Further details about the University’s events during March are listed here and you can find out more about the Dinas Llên partnership on their website.

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