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32 early-bird events for Hay Festival 2023 have been announced, taking place 25 May-4 June 2023 in the world’s first booktown, Hay-on-Wye in Wales.

Posted 13 December 2022 Read more

Con más de 180 participantes procedentes de 21 países, la nueva edición del Hay Festival se realizará el 21 y 22 de enero en Jericó, el 24 y 25 de enero en Medellín, y del 26 al 29 de enero en Cartagena de Indias.

Publicado 1 diciembre 2022 Ver más

Hay Festival has announced its 18th programme in Colombia with events in Jericó (21–22 January), Medellín (24–25 January), and Cartagena de Indias (26–29 January) featuring 180 speakers from 21 countries ranging global literary stars, Nobel Prize winners and internationally acclaimed performers. 

Posted 1 December 2022 Read more

Hay Festival Winter Weekend closed Sunday 27 November after festivalgoers enjoyed 52 full-capacity events in and around the booktown of Hay-on-Wye with 5,000 tickets sold and 511,000 content engagements online (and counting). 

Posted 27 November 2022 Read more

Authors Ayanna Lloyd Banwo and Jarred McGinnis have been named as the 2023 winners of the Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award, in a reception at the British Library last night (Wednesday 23 November).

Posted 24 November 2022 Read more

Lessons in Chemistry, the debut novel by Bonnie Garmus, has been named Hay Festival Book of the Year 2022 after hundreds of book lovers nominated their favourite titles of the year online.

Posted 22 November 2022 Read more

Hay Festival brings five exceptional Young Adult (YA) writers direct to thousands of Year 7-10 school pupils across Wales next year with the free Scribblers Tour, 6-10 February and 13-17 February. 

Posted 8 November 2022 Read more

Actor Sally Phillips will join Hay-on-Wye Citizens of the Year Trish and Alan Kiddle to switch on the town’s Christmas lights on Friday 25 November as part of her Hay Festival Winter Weekend appearance.

Posted 1 November 2022 Read more

The British Library and Hay Festival are delighted to reveal the shortlist for the 2023 Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award. Given annually to two writers in the early stages of a new book relating to the Americas, the £20,000 prize is now in its twelfth year.

Posted 25 October 2022 Read more

Six new conversations have been added to the previously sold-out Hay Festival Winter Weekend programme, responding to high demand for the festival taking place next month, 24-27 November. 

Posted 21 October 2022 Read more

A letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, released for the opening ceremony of Lviv BookForum 2022, bringing writers and readers together live online in solidarity, defiance and hope this weekend.

Posted 6 October 2022 Read more

Hay Festival has announced the line-up for its eighth edition in Peru, Hay Festival Arequipa 2022, bringing writers and readers together in-person and online, 3-6 November.

Posted 4 October 2022 Read more

Hay Festival Winter Weekend is back bringing writers and readers together for a year-end wonderland of in-person events, 24-27 November, in multiple venues across Hay-on-Wye, Wales...

Posted 27 September 2022 Read more

Acclaimed Ukrainian writers join international authors in the hybrid Lviv BookForum programme, out globally now, broadcasting online 6-9 October in partnership with leading literary charity Hay Festival. 

Posted 13 September 2022 Read more

“In this time of national mourning we celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s extraordinary life of public service and commitment to the arts, and send our condolences to her family. To our community of writers, festival makers and friends who will be affected by this in many different ways, you are also in our thoughts, and we will continue to process this change together in our events and conversations to come.”

– Julie Finch, CEO of Hay Festival.

Posted 9 September 2022 Read more

Hay Festival returns with Scribblers Cymraeg this autumn, 9-10 November, inviting Year 7-9 pupils to get creative with the Welsh language at special events in Swansea University and Aberystwyth University.

Posted 7 September 2022 Read more

The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, in partnership with Black Mountains College and Hay Festival has appointed two writers in residence for 2022-23. This innovative residency is one with purpose; it seeks to tackle two of the greatest challenges of our times.

Posted 6 September 2022 Read more

Ukrainian literature will be brought to a global audience of millions in a new digital partnership announced today between Ukraine’s largest literature festival, Lviv BookForum, and Hay Festival.

Posted 1 September 2022 Read more

Writer, poet and spoken word artist Hanan Issa has been awarded the 2022/23 Cymrawd Rhyngwladol Hay Festival | Hay Festival International Fellowship.

Posted 25 August 2022 Read more

Hay Festival presenta una nueva serie de conversaciones digitales y presenciales: Imagina Latinoamérica. Imaginar y promover, a través de actividades culturales inclusivas y para todos los públicos, procesos de cambio para la sociedad civil en la región.

Publicado 26 julio 2022 Ver más