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On the opening day of Hay Festival Wales (23 May-2 June), Hay Festival and Tes have unveiled the results of their joint #BooksToInspire campaign...

Posted 23 May 2019 Read more

El Hay Festival Segovia ha anunciado un adelanto de su programación del 2019, con la confirmación de Inua Ellams, Jeanne Gang,Adam Michnik, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Maite Pagazaurtundúa y Fernando Savater entre otros. El festival se celebrará del 19 al 22 de septiembre y las entradas ya están a la venta.

Publicado 10 mayo 2019 Read more

Hay Festival Segovia (20-22 September 2019) has today announced the first highlights of the programme for its 14th edition, including Inua Ellams, Jeanne Gang, Adam Michnik, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Maite Pagazaurtundúa and Fernando Savater.

Posted 9 May 2019 Read more

Elipsis, el programa literario para escritores y editores emergentes del British Council, realizado por primera vez en México el año 2018 en colaboración con el Hay Festival, ha dado sus frutos en una antología presentada durante la Feria del Libro y la Rosa en Ciudad de México. 

Publicado 4 mayo 2019 Read more

Anita Anand's Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary is Hay Festival Book of the Month for May, the extraordinary story of Sophia Duleep Singh, a woman born into riches who became a passionate campaigner for women's suffrage...

Posted 1 May 2019 Read more

Hay Festival has today unveiled the line-up of Welsh writers taking part in the 2019 Writers at Work creative development programme at Hay Festival Wales (23 May – 2 June), including five new writers.

Posted 25 April 2019 Read more

Hay Festival has today announced the recipients of this year’s Hay Festival Medals to be awarded at the 32nd edition, 23 May to 2 June, in Hay-on-Wye.

Posted 23 April 2019 Read more

Hay Festival and the BBC have today unveiled the full line-up for the BBC Tent at Hay Festival Wales 2019 along with broader coverage for the Festival...

Posted 15 April 2019 Read more

Jeanette Winterson's Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is Hay Festival Book of the Month for April, a generous, honest and true memoir full of hurt and humour and a fierce love of life.

Posted 1 April 2019 Read more

Hay Festival has today announced the programme for its 32nd edition in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, 23 May to 2 June. Award-winning writers gather to launch new work, while global policy makers, pioneers and innovators seek solutions to the biggest issues of our time, from the rise of populism to the climate crisis...

Posted 26 March 2019 Read more

Hay Festival ha anunciado hoy el cambio de imagen de su marca a nivel internacional, diseñada por Pentagram, para ser la imagen de sus festivales, foros, proyectos especiales, Hay Player y la Fundación Hay Festival.

Publicado 21 marzo 2019 Read more

An international brand refresh, designed by Pentagram, encompasses Hay Festival events, forums, special projects, digital player and Hay Festival Foundation. 

Posted 21 March 2019 Read more

Hay Festival is championing the importance of reading for pleasure in a new campaign with TES, calling for the public to share their most inspirational reading recommendations with #BooksToInspire.

Posted 4 March 2019 Read more

Hay Festival has today unveiled its 2019 free Programme for Schools for Thursday 23 and Friday 24 May, featuring a dazzling line-up of children’s and YA favourites.

Posted 4 March 2019 Read more

Robert Macfarlane's The Old Ways is Hay Festival Book of the Month for March, a genre-defining meditation on walking that blends natural history with travel writing, evoking the beauty of an underappreciated landscape.

Posted 1 March 2019 Read more

The Bookseller has today announced the YA Book Prize 2019 shortlist, which features books by the award’s inaugural winner Louise O’Neill, as well as Juno Dawson, Laura Dockrill and début author Muhammad Khan.

Posted 28 February 2019 Read more

Hay Festival is inviting new applications for Writers at Work, a professional development opportunity for Welsh writers, in partnership with Literature Wales, funded by Arts Council of Wales.

Posted 27 February 2019 Read more

Hay Festival and Serious Readers will join forces to create a new space for book lovers at Hay Festival 2019 - the Serious Reading Room - in a new partnership announced today...

Posted 19 February 2019 Read more

La XIV edición del Hay Festival que engalanó a Colombia con letras, imágenes, notas musicales, conversaciones sobre economía, ciencia, activismo, y un sinnúmero de ideas transformadoras. Durante más de cuatro días, a través de más de 190 eventos en escenarios de Cartagena, Medellín, Jericó y varios municipios, mas de 60.000 personas disfrutaron de esta gran fiesta de la cultura.

Publicado 5 febrero 2019 Read more

More than 60,000 people attend Hay Festival events in Colombia over the past fortnight, with writers and readers gathering for conversations and performances in Cartagena, Medellín, and, for the first time, Jericó.

Posted 5 February 2019 Read more