04/01/2016

Who is Neil Gaiman?






Neil Gaiman is a tour de force of creative talent. He is the bestselling author of Coraline and Stardust, both of which are major motion films. Neil also co-wrote the script for Beowulf starring Anthony Hopkins and Angeline Jolie. He is the creator/writer of the award-winning Sandman comic series and has written several books for children. His latest title, The Graveyard Book, won the Teenage Booktrust Prize 2009. Neil has been immortalised in song by Tori Amos, and is a songwriter himself. His official website now has more than one million unique visitors each month, and his online journal is syndicated to thousands of blog readers every day. Amazon.co.uk

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Pwy ydi Dewi Prysor?



Brodor o Gwm Prysor, Trawsfynydd yn wreiddiol ydi Dewi, ac mae o'n enw cyfarwydd trwy Gymru bellach. Saer maen oedd ei alwedigaeth cyn iddo droi at lenyddiaeth a cherddoriaeth. Mae o'n ganwr-gyfansoddwr gyda'r band reggae a pync Vates. Mae'n byw yn Llan Ffestiniog gyda'i wraig a thri o feibion.

Rifiera Reu yw ei chweched nofel i oedolion. Enwyd Lladd Duw (Y Lolfa) ar restr Fer Llyfr y Flwyddyn 2011 ac fe gyrhaeddodd ei nofel ddiwethaf, Cig a Gwaed (Y Lolfa) Restr Fer Gwobr Llyfr y Flwyddyn 2013.

Yn 1992, cyhuddwyd Prysor o 'gynllwynio i achosi frwydradau' fel rhan o ymgyrch losgi Meibion Glyndwr. Treuliodd 14 mis yn y ddalfa yng Ngharchar Walton, Lerpwl wrth aros ei achos llys. Yn dilyn yr achos yn Llys y Goron, Caernarfon fe'i cafwyd yn ddieuog. Ysgrifennod ddrama ynglyn a'i brofiadau, sef DW2416, a pherfformiwyd hi 25 gwaith gan Llwyfan Gogledd Cymru.

(Gwybodaeth o Wicipedia https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewi_Prysor)


01/01/2016

Book of the Month January: Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman



Trigger Warning explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Here is a rich cornucopia of horror and ghosts stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry that explore the realm of experience and emotion. In Adventure Story—a thematic companion to The Ocean at the End of the Lane—Gaiman ponders death and the way people take their stories with them when they die. His social media experience A Calendar of Tales are short takes inspired by replies to fan tweets about the months of the year—stories of pirates and the March winds, an igloo made of books, and a Mother’s Day card that portends disturbances in the universe. Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his award-nominated mystery tale The Case of Death and Honey. And Click-Clack the Rattlebag explains the creaks and clatter we hear when we’re all alone in the darkness.

A sophisticated writer whose creative genius is unparalleled, Gaiman entrances with his literary alchemy, transporting us deep into the realm of imagination, where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday incandescent. Full of wonder and terror, surprises and amusements, Trigger Warning is a treasury of delights that engage the mind, stir the heart, and shake the soul from one of the most unique and popular literary artists of our day.

Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction—stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013—as well “Black Dog,” a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods.

Photo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman

Llyfr mis Ionawr: Rifiera Reu gan Dewi Prysor


'Pryd stopiodd y byd gael parti?'

Ymdrechion criw o ffrindiau i ddathlu Eclips 2015, y Gorleuad a Chyhydnos y Gwanwyn trwy gynnal y parti gorau a welwyd erioed - gyda chymorth deliwr cyffuriau lleol, cerddoriaeth dda a broc môr hynod o annisgwyl.

Wedi achub jiwcbocs rhag y sgip, mae criw o drop-owts canol oed yn cael syniad. Heb yn wybod iddyn nhw, dyma'r syniad gorau gafodd unrhyw gasgliad o misfits methiannus erioed. Wedi cyfres o gyd-ddigwyddiadau, maen nhw'n dechrau credo bod ffawd o'u plaid o'r diwedd.