Interview one of Wales’ most gifted writers at the Dinefwr Literature Festival in conversation with author Dan Tyte. Described as an historian of the quirky and forgotten, Byron Rogers' books and collection of essays convey a fascination of the fading world around him - ancient pubs and churches, the characters that inhabited them, and the places they grew up in – all of whom are perfectly captured, preserved, and brought to life in Rogers’ funny, engaging, and poignant writing.
From R.S. Thomas to J.L Carr, pub landlords to old school friends, Rogers is drawn towards real life characters that are eccentric, talented, contrary, proud, and sometimes slightly odd, but always interesting. He is a master storyteller of the lives of others, and each story and essay is a miniature masterpiece of social history and a delicately crafted portrait of someone, something, or somewhere that at one moment was extraordinary.