Last year will be remembered as the year when the city of Bath was taken over by a kaleidoscope of colourful pigs, thanks to Gitte Dawson's King Bladud's Pigs art project, but the local folk hero Bladud, legendary founder of the city, has been honoured before in works of art.

From John Wood the Elder onwards, Bladud has been something of an obsession for various Bathonian architects, artists and writers. Ten years ago, it was the turn of a newcomer to the city, Kevan Manwaring, 39.

Bathwick resident and third Bard of Bath, Kevan has launched a special 10th anniversary edition of his Bardic Chair winning poem,

.

Kevan, now author, professional storyteller and creative writing teacher, won the Bardic Chair of Caer Badon (Bath) in 1998 with his epic poem in the city's first modern annual eisteddfod.

The new edition includes Kevan's previously unpublished prizewinning short story,

, which won the

ghost story competition in 1999.

costs £9.99 and is available from local bookshops, or call 01225 334204.

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Learn how to tell a story from memory, improve your public speaking, and entertain family and friends at a storytelling "playshop" with Kevan on Saturday, January 31.

Part of National Storytelling Week 2009, the event, entitled

, and supported by the Druid Network, is at St Mark's Community Centre, Widcombe, from 1-4pm, £30/20 concs.