International Writers' Blog

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

Artist and writer Jackie Morris 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 1 November 2019 by Jackie Morris Read more

Artist Henny Beaumont answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from the best book she was ever gifted to the most famous work of art she has never seen...

Posted 31 October 2019 by Henny Beaumont Read more

Writer and editor Allie Esiri answers our 20 questions to mark 20 years of Hay Festival Winter Weekend, from the last book she read and loved to her favourite Hay Festival memory...

Posted 30 October 2019 by Allie Esiri Read more

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

Posted 28 October 2019 by Jonathan Lyness Read more

Part 4 in our series of dispatches from Creative Wales Hay Festival International Fellow 2019/20, Alys Conran. At Hay Festival Segovia in Spain, Brexit and the future of Europe are at the centre of conversation...

Posted 23 September 2019 by Alys Conran Read more

Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker Ahmed Saadawi tells us about the books that have given him hope and changed his mind at Hay Festival Segovia...

Posted 22 September 2019 by Ahmed Saadawi Read more

Part 3 in our series of dispatches from Creative Wales Hay Festival International Fellow 2019/20, Alys Conran. Arriving to Hay Festival Segovia in Spain she continues her global journey, reflecting on the legends our towns and cities are built on...

Posted 20 September 2019 by Alys Conran Read more

El periodista segoviano Aurelio Martín comparte sus reflexiones en vísperas del Hay Festival Segovia 2019.

Publicado 19 septiembre 2019 por Aurelio Martín Leer mas

Glacial retreat expert Professor Jemma Wadham reflects on her involvement in the Trans.MISSION II project, merging climate science with art alongside writer Erika Stockholm at Hay Festival Arequipa in Peru, 7-10 November 2019...

Posted 18 September 2019 by Jemma Wadham Read more