‘I hope this story prompts relatives to get in touch!’ Another page of gay news part one - 12th June 2023.Another page of gay news part two - 13th June 2023.Another helping of witches’ brew… - 14th June 2023.nes bod amgylchiadau'n gorfodi Ellen i ddychwelyd adref, ac mae caledi bywyd dosbarth gweithiol a hiliaeth yn dechrau gwenwyno eu bywydau. Mae Caerdydd ar ddiwedd y 1800au yn lle budr, poblog a llwyd ac mae Ellen, gweithiwr domestig, yn breuddwydio am ddianc o'i bywyd diflas yno am y môr.Pan fydd yn cwympo mewn cariad â Samuel, cogydd ar long o Barbados, mae hi'n gallu gwireddu ei ffantasi drwy redeg i ffwrdd gydag ef ar long.Mae bywyd ar y môr yn anodd a pheryglus, ond mae'n lle y gallant fod yn rhydd. Mae Salt yn seiliedig ar fywydau hen daid a hen nain Kean, a briododd ym 1878. Mae Kean yn byw yng Nghwm Garw gyda'i phartner a'u tri helgi Rhodesaidd. Mae hi hefyd yn gweithio ar sgript ffilm a chasgliad o straeon arswyd byrion. Enillodd ei nofel gyntaf, Salt, Lyfr y Flwyddyn yng Nghymru yn 2021 ac mae wrthi'n gweithio ar ei hail nofel a fydd yn cael ei chyhoeddi yn 2024. In partnership with Cover to Cover Please note: Event delivered in English Mae Catrin Kean wedi cael ei straeon byrion wedi'u cyhoeddi gan Riptide Journal, Bridge House Publishing a The Ghastling. Life at sea is brutal and dangerous, but it is a place where they can be free… Until circumstances force Ellen home, and the hardships of working class life and racism begin to poison their lives. When she falls in love with Samuel, a ship’s cook from Barbados, she is able to fulfil her fantasy by running away with him on a ship. Cardiff in the late 1800s is grimy, crowded and grey, and Ellen, a domestic, dreams of escaping her dreary life there for the sea. Salt is based on the lives of Kean’s great-grandparents, who married in 1878. Kean lives in the Garw valley with her partner and three ridgeback dogs. She is also working on a feature film script and a collection of short ghost stories. Her first novel, Salt, was the Wales Book Of The Year winner in 2021 and she is currently working on her second which is due to be published in 2024. Catrin Kean has had her short stories published in Riptide Journal, Bridge House Publishing and The Ghastling.
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