International Writers' Blog

Paradais by Fernanda Melchor is our Book of the Month for April 2022. Read an extract from the opening of the book here...

Posted 1 April 2022 by Fernanda MelchorRead more

The Instant by Amy Liptrot is our Book of the Month for March 2022. Read an extract from the opening of the book here...

Posted 4 March 2022 by Amy LiptrotRead more

Free Love by Tessa Hadley is our Book of the Month for January 2022. Here the novelist answers our ten burning questions...

Posted 14 January 2022Read more

Beacons Poem by Beacons Project member Reagan McVeigh...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Reagan McVeighRead more

An extract from Soldier-boy by Beacons Project member Tesni Jenkins...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Tesni JenkinsRead more

Hay-on-Wye by Beacons Project member Lleucu Haf...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Lleucu HafRead more

The Outsider by Beacons Project member Cerys Baker...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Cerys BakerRead more

Phyllis and Co. by Beacons Project member Freya Duncan...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Freya DuncanRead more

A poem to celebrate her week in Hay by Beacons Project member Elin Williams...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Elin WilliamsRead more

Rain by Beacons Project member Cari Hope Davies...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Cari Hope DaviesRead more

Significance by Beacons Project member Briana Ciobanu...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Briana CiobanuRead more

The Allotment by Beacons Project member Jak Merriman...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Jak MerrimanRead more

The Fairy Door by Beacons Project member Mia Robinson...

Posted 21 December 2021 by Mia RobinsonRead more

Dan Saladino will join us at Hay Festival Winter Weekend to discuss the world’s vanishing foods and his argument for why they matter now more than ever. Read an extract from his new book Eating to Extinction here...

Posted 27 October 2021 by Dan SaladinoRead more

Ahead of her upcoming appearance at Hay Festival Winter Weekend, we're offering an extract of Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou's brand new book, God: An Anatomy.

Posted 20 October 2021 by Francesca StavrakopoulouRead more

Comedian Robin Ince joins us at Hay Festival Winter Weekend next month to explain that scientific wonder isn’t just for the professionals. Read an extract of his latest book The Importance of Being Interested here...

Posted 12 October 2021 by Robin InceRead more

Dan Jones will join us at Hay Festival Winter Weekend on 26 November to discuss his new historic epic Powers and Thrones. Read an exclusive extract of the novel here...

Posted 6 October 2021 by Dan JonesRead more

Ahead of her upcoming appearance at Hay Festival Winter Weekend, we're offering an exclusive extract from Elizabeth Day's latest novel Magpie...

Posted 4 October 2021 by Elizabeth DayRead more

Journalist and broadcaster Pete Paphides shares the story behind writing his memoir, Broken Greek, and recommends a few other books music lovers will enjoy...

Posted 17 June 2021 by Pete PaphidesRead more

Debut novelist Hafsa Zayyan offers her reflections from her first ever visit to Hay-on-Wye, where she joined journalist Sammer Rahim on stage to discuss We Are All Birds of Uganda.

Posted 15 June 2021 by Hafsa ZayyanRead more