THE line-up has been announced for a festival which celebrates the life and works of a Welsh-language novelist from Mold.

The lively week-long arts and literature Daniel Owen Festival will take place from October 20-27.

The outstanding novelist of the 19th Century, whose hometown was Mold, will offer various events with something for everyone to enjoy.

Festival chairman, Kevin Matthias said: "This year's jam-packed programme welcomes to Mold award winning writers and historians, along with artists and performers. There will be inspiring young writers with new stories to delight us. Some events are in Welsh, and others are in English or bilingual. It's an ideal opportunity for people to enjoy what is unique to the area, its culture, language, and heritage."

The festival begins with two free bilingual activities for children and their families. On Saturday 'My Statue' is a drop-in creative arts event, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm in Daniel Owen Square.

Cambria Band will be performing at 1.30pm and the Mayor of Mold, Karen Hodgkinson, will lay a wreath on Daniel Owen's statue.

On Sunday, there's a storytelling treasure hunt from 2-4pm starting at Mold Library and Museum. Listen to local stories including one about Daniel Owen and rise to the challenge of finding the places mentioned. The multi-talented Professor Llusern will entertain and delight the whole family. Arranged by Menter Iaith Fflint a Wrecsam.

The prestigious Daniel Owen Festival lecture, on Monday, will be given by Dr Haydn Edwards, on 'Daniel Owen y gwleidydd' (Daniel Owen the politician). Owen’s role as first chairman of Mold Urban District Council and his political life during huge social change, will be explored in this eagerly anticipated lecture. In Welsh with simultaneous translation into English, at 7.30pm in Bethesda Chapel, New Street and sponsored by Cymdeithas Wil Bryan, tickets are £4.

A festival highlight on Tuesday is the Theatr Clwyd Daniel Owen Writing Competition, an immersive theatrical evening at Theatr Clwyd as Company25 bring to life the best pieces from the 2018 young writers' competition. This event at 7pm is free and tickets are available from the theatre box office.

On Wednesday, the non-fiction Welsh language Book of the Year 2018 will be celebrated and its author Dr Goronwy Wynne, for his book Blodau Cymru: Byd y Planhigion (Y Lolfa). The book represents a lifetime’s work, a labour of love and an introduction to the plant life of Wales. This free, Welsh language event will be at Mold Library at 7.30pm.

At 7pm, Amy Green from North Wales Wildlife Trust will be talking in English about the Wild About Mold project and her work with the Trust's Living Landscape schemes.

To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, there will be talks and an exhibition at Tyddyn Street United Church, from Thursday to Saturday. These are organised by the Church’s History Group, David Rowe, Viv and Eifion Williams of Flintshire War Memorials, and Mold and District Civic Society.

The Battle of Zandvoorde is the thought-provoking subject of a lecture by Tim Jones on Thursday at 7.30pm in Tyddyn Street United Church. Mold and District Civic Society is arranging and sponsoring the English language event and tickets are £3 each.

Also on Thursday, Suitcase Theatre presents readings from Daniel Owen's work and others, during 'Daniel Owen at Home' at Y Pentan, New Street, Mold at 7.30pm.

Hannah Blythyn AM will be talking about her role as Welsh Environment Minister, and her work in reducing single-use plastics. This free talk on Friday, 7pm, at Loggerheads meeting room is jointly arranged with the Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley.

Throughout the week there are guided walks at places in Mold and the surrounding areas associated with Daniel Owen, organised by The Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley, and Walkabout Flintshire.

Full details of the Daniel Owen Festival are available at the website or from Mold Library. Tickets from Mold Town Council 01352 758532.