Aberfan: A Family Story
A new graphic novel interpretation of the Aberfan disaster publishing on its 60th anniversary.
On 21 October 1966 a mountain of slurry rushed down a hillside and engulfed the small village of Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, causing the deaths of 144 people including many children just starting their school day. The author’s own family members lived through the disaster and this book focuses on their story, whilst also reflecting the massive impact it had on the village as a whole.
Aberfan: A Family Story
Jack Lewis
Paperback | Age 9-16 | ISBN 9781805951858 | £15
Ar Hydref 21, 1966, llifodd mynydd o slwtsh du i lawr o’r mynydd a boddi pentref bach Aberfan, Merthyr Tudful, gan ladd 144 o bobl, y rhan fwyaf ohonyn nhw’n blant. Gwnaeth aelodau teulu Jack Lewis fyw drwy’r drychineb, sydd erbyn hyn yn cael ei chydnabod fel un o’r trychinebau glofaol gwaethaf yn ein hanes. Mae’r llyfr hwn yn adrodd eu stori, gan ddangos hefyd effaith y drychineb ar y pentref cyfan.
Aberfan: Stori un Teulu
Jack Lewis
Paperback | Age 9-16 | ISBN 9781805952503 | £15
Aberfan: A Family Story is a powerful new graphic novel by Jack Lewis describing the devastating 1966 disaster and its impact on the Lewis family. Join us for two hours of discussion, reflection and remembrance, including a special panel discussion chaired by acclaimed Welsh writer and broadcaster Jon Gower.
Event sponsored by Heledd Fychan MS, Vikki Howells MS, Lis McLean MS and Sara Crowley MS.
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Mae Aberfan: Stori Un Teulu yn stori newydd bwerus gan Jack Lewis sydd yn disgrifio’r drychineb erchyll yn 1966 a’r effaith a gafodd ar y teulu Lewis. Ymunwch â ni am ddwy awr o sgwrsio, myfyrio a chofio, gyda trafodaeth banel wedi ei gadeirio gan yr awdur gymraeg a’r gohebydd Jon Gower. Darganfyddwch y stori wrth wraidd y llyfr wrth i chi glywed o’r rhain sydd â phersbectif unigryw ar effaith y digwyddiad a’r etifeddiaeth sydd yn barhau hyd heddiw.
Mae’r digwyddiad yn cael ei noddi gan Heledd Fychan MS, Vikki Howells MS, Lis McLean MS a Sara Crowley MS.
Jack Lewis is a young Welsh speaking artist and illustrator from Merthyr Tydfil. A recent graduate from the Kingston School of Art, London, Jack likes to focus on Welsh language, history, culture, people and mythology and has recently exhibited his artwork at Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare as part of the ‘Valleys Re-told’ project with Amgueddfa Cymru.
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