Hei Hogia! Reading a million words together in Wales

From Monday, 9 November to Friday, 13 November the talented performers, Cath Aran, Dyfrig Evans and Darren Stokes will be touring Gwynedd’s secondary schools as part of the 2009 Hei Hogia! show.

The show which has secured funding from the Basic Skills Agency to stage this year’s event named Hei Hogia! - Reading a million words together in Wales aims to encourage young people to grab a book and to read it.

The actors will perform extracts from three Welsh novels and three English novles during a 40 minute show for Year 8 Students.

The actors will also be visiting two Gwynedd Youth Clubs on Monday, 9 November they will be at Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llwyngwril Youth Club on Friday, 13 November.

If you would like to see Hei Hogia! please contact: Gwen Lasarus, Gwynedd Literature Promoter, Academi / Gwynedd Council, Caernarfon Library, Allt Pafiliwn, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 1AS call 01286 679465, or e-mail: gwenlasarus@gwynedd.gov.uk

Gwynedd Literature Promotion is an Academi project.