International Writers' Blog

Glacial retreat expert Professor Jemma Wadham reflects on her involvement in the Trans.MISSION II project, merging glacial retreat research with art alongside writer and actress Erika Stockholm at Hay Festival Arequipa in Peru...

Posted 18 December 2019 by Jemma Wadham Read more

Poet, book blogger and PhD student Rachel Carney shares her thoughts after the Hay Festival Winter Weekend Writers at Work day and the joy of receiving feedback from fellow writers...

Posted 3 December 2019 by Rachel Carney Read more

Jackie Morris reflects on her 2019 Winter Weekend experience, conjuring foxes on stage as she presented The Lost Words in Welsh alongside Mererid Hopwood...

Posted 2 December 2019 by Jackie Morris Read more

Creative Wales Hay Festival International Fellow 2019/20 Alys Conran shares her thoughts on the Welsh language in an international context after her Hay Festival panel at Aberystwyth University's Our Voice in the World event...

Posted 2 December 2019 by Alys Conran Read more

After taking part in our Writers at Work seminar during Hay Festival Winter Weekend 2019, author Rhiannon Hooson shares an extract from her upcoming novel, Fret... 

Posted 1 December 2019 by Rhiannon Hooson Read more

Historian and author of Dominion Tom Holland answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from his favourite books to the hardest question he was ever asked...  

Posted 30 November 2019 by Tom Holland Read more

Author of Hay Festival Book of the Year 2019, The Five, Hallie Rubenhold answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from her least favourite word to the book she's most looking forward to reading in 2020...

Posted 28 November 2019 by Hallie Rubenhold Read more

El historiador, periodista, escritor y profesor universitario peruano Fernando Iwasaki, autor de Las palabras primas, responde el cuestionario del Hay Festival sobre su paso por el Hay Festival Arequipa, en el que participó en tres conversatorios.

Publicado 25 noviembre 2019 por Fernando Iwasaki Leer mas

Wildlife documentary maker Lindsay McCrae answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from the last book he loved to the best question he's ever been asked at an event...

Posted 22 November 2019 by Lindsay McCrae Read more

Poet Mererid Hopwood answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from her favourite books to the hardest question she was ever asked...  

Posted 19 November 2019 by Mererid Hopwood Read more

La escritora colombiana Pilar Quintana, autora de la novela La Perra (Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana 2019), responde el cuestionario del Hay Festival sobre su paso por el Hay Festival Arequipa, en el que participó en cuatro conversatorios.

Posted 18 November 2019 Read more

Mid Wales Opera's artistic director Richard Studer offers insights behind the company's latest adaptation - Mrs Peachum's Guide to Love and Marriage - coming soon to Hay Festival Winter Weekend...

Posted 16 November 2019 by Richard Studer Read more

Playwright and poet Owen Sheers looks back on the genesis of his latest play, Unicorns, almost, ahead of its Hay Festival Winter Weekend return...

Posted 15 November 2019 by Owen Sheers Read more

Comedian Jason Byrne answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from his least favourite word to the one thing every writer should know before they begin...

Posted 14 November 2019 by Jason Byrne Read more

Archaeologist Mike Pitts answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from the thing he is most proud of to the last book he read and loved...

Posted 13 November 2019 by Mike Pitts Read more

Investigative reporter Oliver Bullough answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from his favourite Festival memory to the hardest question he was ever asked...

Posted 13 November 2019 by Oliver Bullough Read more

Part 5 in our series of dispatches from Creative Wales Hay Festival International Fellow 2019/20, Alys Conran. Here she travels to Peru for events and workshops in Ayacucho and Arequipa...

Posted 8 November 2019 by Alys Conran Read more

Extinction Rebellion's Rupert Read answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from the last book he read and loved to the one question he wants to ask David Attenborough...

Posted 6 November 2019 by Rupert Read Read more

Ahead of his Hay Festival Arequipa appearance later this week, Michael Way, ecologist  at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, offers his thoughts on the wealth of Peru's biodiversity and the risks to its loss...

Posted 4 November 2019 by Michael Way Read more

Performer Sarah-Louise Young answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from her least favourite word to the one thing every writer should know before they begin...

Posted 2 November 2019 by Sarah-Louise Young Read more