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Welcome to our programme

box office: 01497 822 629

The Hay Festival 2013 programme is now on sale to Friends for exclusive booking until midnight on Friday 29 March.

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Poetry Masterclass 1

Yusef Komunyakaa and Njeri Wangari

Event 7 Venue: US Embassy Tent

American Pulitzer prize-winner Komunyakaa and celebrated Kenyan poet Wangari lead this poetry masterclass for students.
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Stress & Wellness Workshop with Neil Shah

Event 8 Venue: Storymoja Tent

Learn about stress management and wellbeing.
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Innovators and Achievers

Event 9 Venue: Storyhippo Village

Meet inspiring young people doing fantastic things; Chief Nyamweya, comic artist from The Star, and author Mikhae’elah Kanari Zeigler.
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Meet the Stars

Event 10 Venue: Storyhippo Village

Teenagers are invited to meet comedian and storyteller James Campbell.
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Poetry Masterclass 2

Ben Okri and Keguro Macharia

Event 11 Venue: British Council Tent

The second poetry masterclass is led by Nigerian-born poet Ben Okri (An African Elegy and Mental Flight) and Kenyan poet Keguro Macharia, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Maryland.
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Storytelling Workshop

Event 12 Venue: US Embassy Tent

The creators of San Francisco’s Porchlight Storytelling sessions Beth Lisick and Arline Klattel join Kenya’s own leading storyteller Mshai Mwangola.
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Stress & Wellness Workshop with Neil Shah

Event 13 Venue: Storymoja Tent

Learn about stress management and wellbeing.
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Football in Africa

Event 14 Venue: Storyhippo Village

Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali's journey across Africa was a journey of discovery: discovery of what it means to Africans across the continent.
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Comedy 4 Kids: James Campbell

Event 15 Venue: Storyhippo Village

For the first time in East Africa, British children’s comedian James Campbell performs his stand-up show. How to look a chicken in both eyes at the same time and why owls don’t like Easter. Warning: Side effects may include your sides hurting!
7+ years
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Storytelling Workshop with Nick Hennessey

Event 16 Venue: British Council Tent

A passionate advocate of the spoken word, Hennessey is a master of the ancient European storytelling tradition exploring Celtic and British myths and the great Finnish epic The Kalevala.
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Poetry Performance Workshop

Beth Lisick and Ngwatilo

Event 17 Venue: US Embassy Tent

Under the spotlight with performance poets Lisick (USA) and Ngwatilo (Kenya).
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Poetry Slam

Event 18 Venue: Storymoja Slam

Slam poetry evening hosted by American poet, writer and National Slam champion Beth Lisick, featuring the very best Kenyan slam poets.
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Readings in German and Spanish

Event 6 Venue: BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE SEGOVIA

Luis García Méndez, Nona Domínguez Sanjurjo and Susanne Teichmann, from the Goethe-Institut, will read texts by Rüdiger Safranski.
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Globalisation & Technology

Event 19 Venue: British Council Tent

Writers Hari Kunzru (Transmission and Gods Without Men) and Jonathan Ledgard (Giraffe and Submergence) talk to Dayo Forster about their persepctives on the modern world we live in.
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Meet the Stars

Event 22 Venue: Storyhippo Village

Teenagers are invited to meet Peter Moore – one of the world's funniest travel writers talks about his adventures across Africa.
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Football in Africa

Event 26 Venue: Storyhippo Village

Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali's journey across Africa was a journey of discovery: discovery of what it means to Africans across the continent.
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Comedy 4 Kids: James Campbell

Event 27 Venue: Storyhippo Village

For the first time in East Africa, British children’s comedian James Campbell performs his stand-up show. How to look a chicken in both eyes at the same time and why owls don’t like Easter. Warning: Side effects may include your sides hurting!
7+ years
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