Since its creation in 1988, Hay Festival has expanded globally, becoming a household name in much of the Hispanic world through festivals in Segovia and Alhambra (Spain), and Cartagena de Indias and Bogotá (Colombia). Now, Hay Festival has travelled east: to Beirut.

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    Dave Eggers chooses Beirut39 as his favourite book of 2010

    “This collection was a really necessary undertaking...We need their voices more than ever before.“ – Dave Eggers

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    Beirut39 event at Manchester Literature Festival

    “Six months later, a Beirut39 event at Manchester Literature Festival proves the project didn't just end with the book” The National, 1 November 2010

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    Writers' residencies

    • The Alliance of Artists' Communities joined Beirut39 in supporting a new generation of Arab writers by offering residencies to Beirut39 writers in artists' communities throughout the world. Alliance member programmes support living artists in the creation of new work, in the belief that the cultivation of new art and ideas is essential to human progress. Residencies are taking place until the end of 2012.
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    hay festival

    Hay Festival runs for ten days with a packed programme of debates and conversations with poets and scientists, novelists and historians, artists and gardeners, comedians and musicians, film makers and politicians.

    hay fever

    Hay Fever - our festival for families and children, runs across the ten days of the festival where children have the chance to meet and talk to their favourite writers and take part in workshops to create wonderful memories and develop new skills in imaginative thinking and self expression.

    Hf2 is our festival for teenagers - with an awesome line-up featuring the movers and shakers of Young Adult writing, Hf2 is a mind-blowing experience for 13-plus.

    hay on earth

    We care passionately about our environment. Hay-on-Earth debates the latest thoughts on climate change and environmental awareness.

    In 2006 we started the Hay-on-Earth Project to audit, address and change our ecological sustainability.