News, Blogs & Updates

Hay Festival has announced the line-up for Hay Festival Forum Dallas 2024 in Texas with 25 artists taking part in 21 events, 11–13 October.

Posted 4 September 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Global Chair of Trustees Caroline Michel has today announced the appointment of Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens to the charity’s Board.

Posted 3 September 2024 Read more

El programa completo ya está disponible en hayfestival.org/lviv-bookforum, donde también puede registrarse para seguir las transmisiones en vivo gratuitas. La literatura ucraniana llegará a una audiencia global de millones de personas gracias al programa presencial y digital del Lviv BookForum 2024. El festival se llevará a cabo de manera presencial en la ciudad de Lviv, y las actividades se transmitirán en streaming, con traducción al inglés y al español. El programa gira en torno al tema "El poder de la acción colectiva" y contará con la participación de más de 60 artistas, entre ellos los novelistas Salman Rushdie y Georgi Gospodinov; la poeta y cineasta Iryna Tsilyk; la ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz, Oleksandra Matviichuk; la escritora ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, Oksana Zabuzhko; la Poeta Nacional de Gales, Hanan Issa; el autor, comediante y locutor, Viv Groskop; David Remnick, del New Yorker; la reportera de AP, Vasilisa Stepanenko; el reportero Terrell Jermaine Starr; y el periodista de investigación, Oliver Bullough.

Publicado 3 septiembre 2024 Ver más

Our monthly 'Meet the Haymaker' series shares stories of the change-makers at the heart of Hay Festival Global and the impact it has had on their lives. This month, get to know Javier García del Moral, Hay Festival Forum Dallas coordinator. 

Posted 1 September 2024 Read more

Ukrainian literature will be brought to a global audience of millions in the hybrid Lviv BookForum 2024 programme, out today and broadcasting online 2–6 October in partnership with Hay Festival. 

Posted 29 August 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Global has been awarded $820,000 (£647,000) in grant funding from the Open Society Foundations to support two years of upcoming projects, including the South-to-South series and inaugural Hay Festival Forum in Germany. 

Posted 27 August 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Forum Dallas will triple its capacity for its seventh edition, 11–13 October 2024, thanks to new venues and partnerships in Texas, USA, to broaden its reach. 

Posted 15 August 2024 Read more

Ukrainian literature will be brought to a global audience of millions once more in a renewed digital partnership between Ukraine’s largest literature festival, Lviv BookForum, and leading charity and international ideas platform, Hay Festival Global. 

Posted 13 August 2024 Read more

Our monthly 'Meet the Haymaker' series shares stories of the change-makers at the heart of Hay Festival Global and the impact it has had on their lives. This month, get to know Sheila Cremaschi, director of Hay Festival Segovia and lead on our activities in communities across Spain. 

Posted 1 August 2024 Read more

El Hay Festival Segovia ha anunciado nuevos eventos para la programación de la 19.ª edición, que tendrá lugar del 12 al 15 de septiembre de 2024. Entre ellos destacan presentaciones de las mejores novedades en ficción y no ficción, al tiempo que aborda los mayores retos del mundo, con una nueva mirada a través de conversaciones y actividades con escritores y periodistas, artistas y diseñadores, responsables de la política mundial e innovadores.

Publicado 30 julio 2024 Ver más

Hay Festival has today announced details for Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye Winter Weekend 2024, taking place in the grounds of Hay Castle, 28 November–1 December. 

Posted 19 July 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Global has today announced the full programme for its ninth edition in Querétaro, Mexico, offering a world of different ideas, 5–8 September.

Posted 4 July 2024 Read more

La próxima edición del Hay Festival Querétaro, entre el 5 y el 8 de septiembre, será la más internacional hasta la fecha, con participantes procedentes de 22 países. 

Publicado 3 julio 2024 Ver más

Amidst intense discussion around arts funding and challenges to our continued flourishing, we have joined forces with eight other UK book festivals to share a message on our mission and purpose, and a call for increased support. 

Posted 1 July 2024 Read more

Our monthly 'Meet the Haymaker' series shares stories of the change-makers at the heart of Hay Festival Global and the impact it has had on their lives. This month, get to know Wanjiru Koinange, writer, restorer of libraries and entrepreneur from Nairobi, Kenya. 

Posted 1 July 2024 Read more

Hay Festival has today announced the full programme for its 19th edition in Segovia, Spain, taking place 12–15 September 2024 with a series of special events in the run-up. 

Posted 21 June 2024 Read more

Hoy se ha presentado la XIX edición del Hay Festival Segovia en el Centro Segoviano de Madrid. El acto ha contado con la presencia del alcalde de Segovia, José Mazarías; con la directora del Hay Festival en España, Sheila Cremaschi, así como con la presidenta del Centro Segoviano de Madrid, Sonia Juárez Boal, quien ha dado las palabras de bienvenida. En el acto inaugural también han estado presentes los principales colaboradores del festival.

Publicado 19 junio 2024 Ver más

Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye 2024 closed Sunday 2 June with a message of hope after more than 700 events brought thousands of writers and readers together over 11 days.

Posted 2 June 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye 2024's Sustainability Awards celebrate the exhibitors and caterers who are going the extra mile and demonstrating innovative and consistent green practices within their businesses and at their Festival stands.

Posted 2 June 2024 Read more

Our monthly 'Meet the Haymaker' series shares stories of the change-makers at the heart of Hay Festival Global and the impact it has had on their lives. This month, get to know content creator Sam Soar.

Posted 1 June 2024 Read more