The Great Oak Bookshop in Llanidloes welcomes Delyth Jenkins for a very special evening on Thursday, 15 August.

Delyth will read from her new book and perform on her harp.

In the summer of 2012, musician Delyth walked the 186 miles of the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path over 17 days. With her she carried her Welsh harp and hoped to give a series of impromptu path-side concerts.

That Would Be Telyn is an inspiring account of her adventures and the people she met and played for along the way.

Delyth set out to challenge herself both physically and creatively, and combined three things that she loved: walking, playing the harp and the Pembrokeshire coast.

“The walk itself was a creative process. I had no idea when I started the walk that I would end up writing a book,” said Delyth.

“I have also composed new music inspired by the walk – one of the pieces, Cofio, is on Llinyn Aur, a DNA [her instrumental duo with daughter Angharad] album.”

“People seemed genuinely moved to hear my music,” she added. “A couple from Spain felt that my music had magically managed to dispel the mist and bring out the sun.

“I played Happy Birthday to someone who was absolutely delighted to be able to celebrate his birthday with the expected song but in the most unexpected of locations!”

That Would Be Telyn is an account of the journey, but also a memoir, and the text is interwoven with autobiographical flashbacks including memories of her childhood, her life with her late former husband, the poet Nigel Jenkins, and her career in the world of theatre and Welsh traditional music.

“What I discovered was that my music was not merely a form of expressing myself, but it also gave me the extraordinary privilege of having an insight into other people’s thoughts and emotions, and brought home to me that music is not just about the performer but just as much about the audience,” said Delyth of her experience.

See and hear Delyth Jenkins at the Great Oak Bookshop, Llanidloes, on Thursday, 15 August, at 7pm.

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