Writer and TV presenter Anni Llŷn was revealed as Wales’ next Children’s Poet at the Urdd National Eisteddfod.

The two-year role, a partnership between Literature Wales, S4C, Welsh Government, Urdd Gobaith Cymru and the Welsh Books Council will see the 27-year-old travelling the country, conducting poetry workshops for children.

She is already a familiar face to youngsters having spent five years presenting the TV programme Stwnsh on S4C.

Her talents as a writer emerged in 2012 when she won the Crown at the Urdd Eisteddfod and she has since published two novels for children.

Originally from Sarn Mellteyrn near Pwllheli, Anni now lives in Cardiff and she looks forward to visiting schools and communities across Wales.

She said: “Visiting so many different schools across Wales will be a challenge, as well as getting everyone to understand my Llŷn accent!

“My first love is working with children and I suppose my second love is working with words and so it’s the perfect role.

“The offer came at a perfect time as well, as I’ve been hoping to take part in more writing workshops with youngsters

“I wrote prose to win the Eisteddfod crown but it’s really great to go back and write the sort of poetry and I grew up writing.

“I haven’t been as prolific as previous bards who have held this post but I really am looking forward to doing more writing more, using tools like song-writing with the guitar.”

She added: “I want to take rules of poetry, of prose and strict metre and maybe apply them to a different form of art, like music for example.

“Playing games with words, performing, getting children on their feet, that’s my goal, not teaching poetry from behind a desk.”

Many poets have taken on the role since the project was launched in 2000, including, Dewi Pws, Twm Morys, Ifor ap Glyn and Caryl Parry Jones.

Before beginning her two years in office Anni will embark on a poetry apprenticeship with the current Children’s Poet, Aneirin Karadog, in various festivals over the summer before fully taking on the role in September.

Aneirin said Anni should aim to “make sure it doesn’t feel like work”.

“What I loved about the role was the real basis of the project, visiting schools.

“There is no hiding place in the classroom and 95% of the time the results you get at the end of a long day writing poetry is genuinely heartening and fun,” he added.