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Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Wild East

 
Hay Festival 2024, 

Dysgwch sut mae rap yn farddoniaeth gyda’r bardd a'r nofelydd Ashley Hickson-Lovence, a fydd yn cyflwyno ei nofel farddoniaeth Oedolion Ifanc teimladwy ac emosiynol, Wild East.
Pen in one hand, on my wrist, a ticking clock
I’ve got to make this work, just need a little luck…
Mae Ronny, sy’n bedair ar ddeg oed, newydd symud o’r ddinas i’r maestrefi. Nawr mae’n rhaid iddo ddarganfod sut i ddelio gyda bod yn fachgen Du yn ei arddegau mewn ysgol gyda phlant gwyn yn bennaf, dod o hyd i ffrindiau newydd, a chadw at ei nod o fod yn rapiwr yn fyw.

Find out how rap is poetry with poet and novelist Ashley Hickson-Lovence, who’ll present his soaring and emotional YA novel-in-verse Wild East.
Pen in one hand, on my wrist, a ticking clock
I’ve got to make this work, just need a little luck…

Fourteen-year-old Ronny’s just moved from the city to the suburbs. Now he has to navigate being a Black teenager in a mostly white school, finding new friends and keeping his goal of being a rapper alive.

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Ashley Hickson-Lovence