International Writers' Blog

Gloria Beatriz Salazar de la Cuesta es la maga de los animales y del bosque. Vive en las montañas de los Andes, entre nevados, ríos y guaduales. El viento susurra sus conjuros convertidos en cuentos para seres con corazón de niño.  Las niñas y niños de los Hay Festival de Jericó, Medellín y Cartagena disfrutaron de sus cuentos e imaginación.

Publicado 17 febrero 2020 por Gloria Beatriz SalazarLeer mas

Novelista y periodista cultural, Sergio Vila-Sanjuan es director del suplemento Cultura/s del diario La Vanguardia. Ha publicado ensayos periodísticos y ha recopilado sus artículos y reportajes. Es autor de la Trilogía de Barcelona que cubre un siglo de vida barcelonesa desde la memoria familiar y la crónica social. La integran las novelas Una heredera de Barcelona (2010), Estaba en el aire (2013, Premio Nadal) y El informe Casabona (2017). Ha sido parte del Hay Festival Cartagena 2020.

Publicado 10 febrero 2020 por Sergio Vila-SanjuanLeer mas

Muriel Barbery is the author of Gourmet Rhapsody (2000), winner of the Meilleur Livre de Littérature Gourmande award; The Elegance of the Hedgehog, (Europa, 2008), which was translated for publication in 44 countries, won the French Booksellers’ Prize and was made into a film; The Life of Elves (Europa, 2015); and A Strange Country (Europa, 2019).  She took part in Hay Festival Cartagena 2020.

Posted 10 February 2020 by Muriel BarberyRead more

Muriel Barbery est l'auteur de Gourmet Rhapsody (2000), lauréate du prix Meilleur Livre de Littérature Gourmande; L'élégance du hérisson (Europa, 2008), qui a été traduite pour publication dans 44 pays, a remporté le Prix des libraires et a été transformée en film; La Vie des elfes (Europa, 2015); et Un étrange pays (Europa, 2019). Elle a participé au Hay Festival Cartagena 2020.

Posted 10 February 2020 by Muriel BarberyRead more

Marie Arana is a writer, publisher, journalist and member of the Library of Congress’s Council of the Learned. She has published a book about Simón Bolívar, Bolívar: American Liberator that won the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Biography category. She has been part of Hay Festival Cartagena and Medellín 2020.

Posted 10 February 2020 by Marie AranaRead more

La escritora, antropóloga, editora e investigadora peruana Karina Pacheco nos habla de su experiencia en el Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2020, tras disfrutar también de los festivales de Querétaro y Arequipa, en 2019.

Publicado 7 febrero 2020 por Karina PachecoLeer mas

A fourth dispatch from poet, broadcaster, performer and linguist Aneirin Karadog from the Hay Festival Scribblers Tour 2020 as our writers travel to Cardiff Met...

Posted 6 February 2020 by Aneirin KaradogRead more

Poet, broadcaster, performer and linguist Aneirin Karadog shares his third dispatch from the Hay Festival Scribblers Tour 2020 as our writers hit Swansea...

Posted 5 February 2020 by Aneirin KaradogRead more

A second dispatch from poet, broadcaster, performer and linguist Aneirin Karadog from the Hay Festival Scribblers Tour 2020 as our writers travel to Aberystwyth University...

Posted 4 February 2020 by Aneirin KaradogRead more

Poet, broadcaster, performer and linguist Aneirin Karadog shares the first dispatch from the Hay Festival Scribblers Tour 2020 as our writers kick things off at Glyndwr University, Wrexham.

Posted 4 February 2020 by Aneirin KaradogRead more

Se inicia la XV versión del Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias, del 30 de enero al 2 de febrero de 2020, evento donde se encuentran los escritores y con sus lectores, con el ingrediente adicional de ser una de las fiestas literarias que va buscando espacios a lo largo y ancho de nuestra geografía nacional, para propiciar el encuentro de lectores con los invitados que cada año llegan al país. Gracias a este evento cultural he tenido la oportunidad de escuchar a los más distinguidos representantes de la literatura universal contemporánea.

Publicado 24 enero 2020 por Martín MurilloLeer mas

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 WadhamRead 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 CarneyRead 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 MorrisRead 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 ConranRead 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 HoosonRead 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 HollandRead 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 RubenholdRead 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 IwasakiLeer 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 McCraeRead more