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Actors Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey, Stoker) and Chloe Pirrie (The Game, An Inspector Calls) will join writer and director Scott Frank for a surprise event to discuss Netflix’s upcoming Dept. Q at Hay Festival 2025, hosted by author Pandora Sykes. 

Posted 13 May 2025 Read more

Renowned writer, free speech advocate and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will appear at Hay Festival 2025 this spring in a new event announced today. 

Posted 6 May 2025 Read more

Hay Festival Book Club is partnering Charleston Festival and Vintage Classics this month to celebrate 100 years since Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf was published.

Posted 1 May 2025 Read more

Hay Festival has today unveiled the selection for The Platform, an opportunity for creatives aged 21–28 to showcase new work at the world-famous event in Wales.

Posted 28 April 2025 Read more

Hay Festival has announced the participants of Writers at Work 2025, a creative development programme for Welsh writers at Hay Festival this spring (22 May–1 June) with the support of Literature Wales and Folding Rock, funded by Arts Council of Wales. 

Posted 15 April 2025 Read more

An exciting mixture of free BBC events have been added to Hay Festival 2025 including debut appearances from The Archers Podcast, What’s Up Docs?, Lady Killers, Unspeakable, Human Intelligence, Take Four Books, and more. 

Posted 1 April 2025 Read more

Gavin and Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones will discuss their anticipated new book and share the backstage story of their award-winning show at Hay Festival 2025 this spring.

Posted 26 March 2025 Read more

Hay Festival will partner with The Independent once again to reprise The News Review, a series of morning panels at Hay Festival 2025 with renowned guests. 

Posted 18 March 2025 Read more

Hay Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 38th spring edition in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, with more than 600 events over 11 days, 22 May–1 June 2025.  

Posted 11 March 2025 Read more

Journalist George Alagiah’s impact and legacy will be commemorated through a new lecture to be hosted each spring at Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye. 

Posted 11 March 2025 Read more

One of the world’s biggest cultural events is making its Birmingham debut this year as Hay Festival hosts a new After Hours edition in the city. 

Posted 6 March 2025 Read more

Film distributor, streamer and production company MUBI will partner with arts charity Hay Festival to spotlight visionary filmmaking and the best of world cinema in 2025. 

Posted 4 March 2025 Read more

Hay Festival has today announced the return of The Platform, an open call for creatives aged 21–28 to submit their new work to be showcased in Hay-on-Wye, 22 May–1 June.

Posted 27 February 2025 Read more

Hay Festival has announced the free Schools Programme to open the spring edition in Hay-on-Wye, which takes place 22 May–1 June 2025.

Posted 19 February 2025 Read more

Se confirma la celebración del Hay Festival Querétaro 2025, entre el 4 y el 7 de septiembre. Entre las primeras confirmaciones de participantes se encuentran la escritora británica Deborah Levy, el escritor colombiano Juan Gabriel Vásquez y el periodista canadiense John Vaillant. Constelaciones Hay Festival, será el proyecto que guiará las conversaciones culturales de esta décima edición.

Publicado 12 febrero 2025 Ver más

Artists Lizzie Lomax has been announced as this year’s Hay Festival Illustrator in Residence with her cover, out today, designed to mark 100 days until the Festival. 

Posted 11 February 2025 Read more

Hay Festival will partner Folding Rock to spotlight emerging Welsh creatives on its Writers at Work programme in Hay-on-Wye, 22 May–1 June 2025.

Posted 7 February 2025 Read more

An inspiring mix of writers and thinkers will take to the stage for Hay Festival’s first Bristol event next month, including academic Fara Dabhoiwala, slam poet Vanessa Kisuule, historian David Olusoga and story guru Will Storr. 

Posted 4 February 2025 Read more

As part of the Literary Pairs project by the Hay Festival and the British Council, several participating writers have contributed texts about it. Here we share the piece by Hari Kunzru, who participated in the 2024 Hay Festival Arequipa.

Posted 2 January 2025 Read more

Outgoing chair of Hay Festival Global Caroline Michel has been awarded a special Hay Festival Medal for Leadership to celebrate her decade of impact at the charity.

Posted 18 December 2024 Read more