Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye

15–18 April 2010

Beirut39 inspires a fresh look at modern Arab literature. A collaboration between the Hay Festival and Beirut World Capital of the Book 2009, the project is bringing together 39 of the best known and loved writers of Arab heritage under 39 years of age.

The meeting of these 39 authors is the result of a widespread call to readers, publishers, literary agents and authors all over the Arab speaking world to put forward their own candidates. The event is also a perfect occasion to read and debate over contemporary narrative in the Arab world.

27 May–6 June 2010

Tickets for eight headline events are now open for booking.

Advance sales are available for the launch of Bill Bryson’s At Home: An Informal History of Private Life, the first Hay interviews with novelist Roddy Doyle and playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, the festival’s opening concert by Irish folk legend Christy Moore, an event with Brian May and Elena Vidal, and a conversation with Hilary Mantel about her 2009 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Wolf Hall. Tickets for additional events with Philip Pullman and the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club are now also available.

Further events featuring Nobel Laureates Nadine Gordimer and Mohammed ElBaradei, comedians Andy Hamilton and Ross Noble, and world music superstar Toumani Diabate will be promoted soon.

3–17 July 2010

At Oxfam Bookfest, readers join in to celebrate their love of books at events in Oxfam shops, libraries, community centres and other venues around the UK, featuring a host of authors and celebrities.

Taking part in Oxfam Bookfest 2009 were Poet Laureate Carol Anne Duffy, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, Mark Haddon, Kate Atkinson, Vikram Seth, Joanna Trollope, Anne Fine, Jonathan Coe, Marina Lewycka, Michael Faber and Nicholas Shakespeare, among many others. Names for this year’s Bookfest will be announced in spring 2010.

15–18 July 2010

The first Hay Festival in Zacatecas, Mexico, will take place in July 2010. A new and exciting project in the heart of Mexico, exploring the best international literature and music, with debate on migration, environment, gender and much more.

6–8 August 2010

In 2010 we'll again be graced with a wonderful mix of Great Brits and legendary Jazz stars from across the African continent to share the joy of Jazz in 50 concerts over 3 days. What makes Brecon special is the festival audience, and we're delighted and thrilled to welcome you to the town and to the National Park for a weekend of great music and celebration. Come on your own, come with friends, family, lovers or colleagues. Come for fun, and to meet some of the world's greatest musicians.

23–26 September 2010

The Guardian Hay Festival takes place in the elegant city of Segovia – a four-day fiesta of ideas, music, stories and the city’s world-renowned cochinillo...

1–3 October 2010

A three-day celebration that will provide opportunities for the meeting of minds and sharing of ideas between storytellers and the public. The Festival will act as a platform for readers, writers, listeners and thinkers and provide exposure to some of the world’s leading names in literature as well as some up-and-coming authors. It will also provide space for the culmination of the active participation ‘Kenya Get Reading Campaign’ workshops for students, which Storymoja have cultivated alongside universities and schools over the last two years.

14–17 October 2010

One of the world’s most hopeful new democracies is threatened by rising tides caused by global warming. The Hay Festival Maldives seeks to understand the climatic change affecting the area, to explore the issues of this and other imperilled cultures, to celebrate the riches of the archipelago civilization and to investigate what is special and unique about island life and mindset.

3–5 December 2010

Our winter Festival is full of the fireside and mulled wine intimacy of Advent in Hay. Please join us to hang out with friends, laugh fit to burst, and to enjoy the finest stories, ideas, food and company.