Neath Town Hall

21/10/2026

Explore the dark and weird side of Christmas and New Year traditions with award-winning author and historian Graham Loveluck-Edwards, in this light-hearted, "horrible history" of Christmas show.

14/10/2026

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵 & 𝗢𝗱𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗠𝗦 - 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹

📅 18th October
⏰ 12:30pm
📍 Neath Town Hall
🎟 FREE

Odette Debono discusses her debut novel: White Sheep - a candid and compelling memoir of a turbulent mixed-heritage docklands’ childhood. It is a story that glitters with humour and bursts with vibrant life.

Francesca Rhydderch discusses It Might not Be True. A memoir of life and love and everything in between while trying to work out the cause of a mysterious illness.

Francesca and Odette will discuss their books with Sioned Williams MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality.

13/10/2026

𝘼 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 - 𝙉𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡

📅 18th October
⏰ 6:30pm
📍 Neath Town Hall
🎟 FREE

Charting the story of Manic Street Preachers from the band's working-class roots to the top of the charts, the author Keith Cameron discusses his investigation into the radiant, restless creativity of one of the 1990s most iconic British bands.

11/10/2026

10/10/2026

𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 - 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹

📅 18th October
⏰ 5:15pm
📍 Neath Town Hall
🎟 FREE

Ben Giles offers a gripping insight into the world of crime scene cleaning, where the macabre meets the mundane. With over 25 years of experience, Giles shares his harrowing yet fascinating tales from the frontlines of ‘biohazard remediation’. From gruesome murder scenes and tragic suicides to the unexpected challenges of hoarders, industrial spillages and animal remnants, each chapter reveals the gritty realities of a profession few dare to enter.

08/10/2026

ALEX WHARTON

Literature
Saturday 17th October
10am
Neath Town Hall
Price: Free

Join award-winning poet and former Children’s Laureate Alex Wharton for a fun-packed poetry and rap workshop full of fun, rhythm and creativity.

Ymunwch â’r cyn-bardd y goron blant, Alex Wharton ar gyfer gweithdy cerdd a rap llawn hwyl, rhythm a chreadigrwydd.

The event is an independently run project supported by the Welsh Government through the UK Government Local Growth Fund in Wales.

08/10/2026

To celebrate Black History Month 2026, we are offering a free screening of the 1940 film The Proud Valley!

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

Each free ticket includes a free popcorn and drink!

📅 When: Thursday 22nd October, 5PM
🎟 Book to secure your place: https://gwynhall.com/events/the-proud-valley/

08/10/2026

PHILLIP GRANT - REES STEPHENS: LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

Literature
Friday 16th October
3pm
Town Hall

Price: Free

Philip Grant discusses his book, ‘Rees Stephens: Like Father Like Son’. This is the story of two of the Welsh All Blacks’ most famous sons: the legendary Tonmawr, Neath, Wales and British Lions forward Rees Stephens and his father Glyn. They remain the only father and son to captain the Welsh rugby team.

Mae Philip Grant yn trafod ei lyfr, ‘Rees Stephens: Fel Tad Fel Mab’. Dyma stori dau o fechgyn enwocaf Clwb Rygbi Castell-nedd: Rhys Stephens a’i thad, Glyn. Mae Rhys a Glyn yn parhau i fod yr unig dad a mab i gapteinio tîm rygbi Cymru.

The event is an independently run project supported by the Welsh Government through the UK Government Local Growth Fund in Wales.

07/10/2026

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 - 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥

📅 18th October
⏰ 11:30am
📍 Neath Town Hall
🎟 FREE

An anthology of essays and personal recipes, the book invites the question: what does food mean to you? How is that bond with family passed down through food and the act of sitting down to eat? What happens when that is lost? From displacement, to relocation, fleeing, or arriving at leisure, these essays explore what it means to be able to cook and enjoy the food of your home and your happiness. Ranging from Tarten Llus, Staffordshire oatcakes, to Zimbabwean lamb chops with a Welsh twist; Moroccan Keftas and Filhoses, this is a round-the-world recipe book with bite.