Starts atGlobal StageDiscovery StageMeadow StageSpring StageExchange MarqueeCreative HubMake & Take HubSt Mary’s ChurchBookshop Garden MarqueeFamily Garden MarqueeGarden KitchenMeeting Point on Festival SiteMUBI CinemaWriters at Work Hub | Hwb Awduron Wrth Eu Gwaith
09:00                           
                            
                            
09:15                           
                            
                            
09:30                           
                            
                            
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10:0010:00
327. Jeremy Bowen, Carys Eleri, Miriam Margolyes, Sathnam Sanghera and Lionel Shriver
The Weekend News
10:00
328. Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon talk to Lyse Doucet
South to North Conversations: The Future is Peace – Friends Across Borders
10:00
329. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Babylon: The Biography of a Metropolis
10:00
F56. Dara McAnulty and Barry Falls talk to Kiran Millwood Hargrave
A Wild Child’s Guide to Nature at Night
10:00
F57. Mariajo Illustrajo
Unexpected Guests
  10:00
MT22. Make & Take Crafting
Saturday Morning Session
    10:00
W16. Willow Craft Workshop
With The Cart Shed Charity
10:00
332. Magical World of Tea: Sip, Savour & Blend
Hay Festival 2026 x Bird & Blend Tea Co.
10:00
333. Wayfaring Walk 17: The Local Landscape
With Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Guides
10:00
331. Short Film Screenings
10:00
330. Writers at Work – Awduron wrth eu Gwaith
      
      
10:15     
      
      
10:30     
      
      
10:45     
      
      
11:00                   
               11:05
335. Got 2 Sing Choir
Pop-up Music
   
                  
11:15                 
                  
                    
11:3011:30
336. Sajid Javid talks to Aasmah Mir
The Colour of Home: From Poverty to the Top of Government
11:30
F58. Emma Thompson, Cressida Cowell, Paterson Joseph, Chris Riddell and Jane Riordan hosted by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
A Celebration of Winnie-the-Pooh’s 100th Anniversary
11:30
337. Lionel Shriver talks to Nicola Cutcher
A Better Life: The New Novel from the Author of We Need to Talk About Kevin
11:30
F59. Adam Allsuch Boardman
An Illustrated History of UFOs
11:30
338. Natasha Bardon and Saara El-Arifi talk to Katie Fraser
How to Get Published: The Nibbies Salon
           
            
            
11:45           
            
            
12:00  12:00
MT23. Make & Take Crafting
Saturday Lunchtime Session
           
              
              
12:15             
              
              
12:30                         
               12:35
339. Got 2 Sing Choir
Pop-up Music
         
                        
12:45                       
                        
                          
13:0013:00
340. Kate and Sophie Raworth
Doughnut Economics: Sisters on How to Live Well and Sustainably
13:00
341. Jon Lee Anderson and Lyse Doucet talk to Oliver Bullough
Understanding Afghanistan
13:00
F60. Liz Pichon
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
13:00
342. Santanu Bhattacharya, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Joelle Taylor talk to Carys Eleri
The Stories We Share
13:00
343. Tayari Jones talks to Tanya Burr
Kin: The New Novel from the Author of An American Marriage
      13:00
W17. Willow Craft Workshop
With The Cart Shed Charity
    13:00
344. Shara Atashi, Marjorie Lotfi and Sana Nassari talk to Colin Grant
Iranian Women’s Voices
 
            
            
13:15           
            
            
13:30             
              
              
13:45             
              
              
14:00                    14:00
345. Wayfaring Walk 18: The Local Landscape
With Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Guides
   
                        
                        
14:15                       
                        
                        
14:3014:30
346. Helena Kennedy
Impunity: How the Powerful Escape Justice
14:30
347. Andrea Wulf talks to Misha Glenny
The Traveller: The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity
14:30
348. Richard Armitage talks to Alex Clark
The Cut
14:30
F61. Chris Riddell
A Mermaid’s Diary
14:30
F62. Paterson Joseph
Ten: Children Who Changed the World
  14:30
MT24. Make & Take Crafting
Saturday Afternoon Session
14:30
350. Tama Matheson and Clare Hammond
Andrzej Panufnik: His Quest for Peace
    14:30
349. The Picture of Dorian Gray with Luke Thompson
Book to Screen: The Read
 
        
        
14:45       
        
        
15:00         
          
          
15:15         
          
          
15:30                     
             15:35
351. Love To Sing Choir
Pop-up Music
       
                    
15:45                   
                    
                      
16:0016:00
352. Hugo Vickers talks to Alex von Tunzelmann
Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History
16:00
353. Colm Tóibín talks to Toby Lichtig
The News from Dublin: The Acclaimed Author’s New Novel
16:00
354. The Climate Fiction Prize 2026: The Winner talks to Simon Savidge
Narratives of Possibility in a Fast-changing World
16:00
F63. Caryl Lewis
The Danger of Small Things
16:00
355. Maya Jordan talks to Richard Benson and Claire Malcolm
The Working Class Library: Live Podcast
16:00
356. Brin Pirathapan talks to Kitty Corrigan
Matters of Taste: Elevate – Live Demonstration
          16:00
357. Oslo, August 31st
Book to Screen: Film Screening
 
            
            
16:15           
            
            
16:30             
              
              
16:45             
              
              
17:00                    17:00
365. The Beefy Boys Pop-up Supper
A Masterclass and a BBQ Platter
   
                 17:05
358. Love To Sing Choir
Pop-up Music
     
                      
17:15                     
                      
                        
17:3017:30
359. Miriam Margolyes talks to Carys Eleri
Barrel of Laughs: The Little Book of Miriam
17:30
360. Sathnam Sanghera talks to Aasmah Mir
Tonight the Music Seems so Loud: The Life and Times of George Michael
17:30
361. Masud Husain talks to Lucy Dallas
Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain
17:30
362. Gab Torr talks to Joelle Taylor
Debut Discoveries: Hard Place
17:30
363. Sophie Calon talks to Gwyneth Lewis
Long Going: A Daughter’s Memoir of a Dad Who Drank
17:30
364. A Taste of Hay with Wild by Nature & Lucky Seven Brewery
Matters of Taste: Charcuterie & Beer Tasting
           
            
              
17:45             
              
              
18:00             
              
              
18:15             
              
              
18:30                           
                            
                            
18:45                           
                            
                            
19:0019:00
366. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Simon Jenkins and Elif Shafak talk to Jeremy Bowen
Heard at Hay Festival
19:00
367. Maggie O’Farrell and Liza Marshall
Book to Screen: Hamnet – The Making of the Film
19:00
368. Emma-Lee Moss (aka Emmy the Great) talks to Tiffany Murray
My Cantopop Nights: A Memoir
19:00
369. Mark Agnew and Mollie Hughes
Pushed to the Brink: Adventures in Resilience
19:00
370. Fred Mills
Mega Builds: Ten Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World
19:00
371. A Taste of Hay with Wild by Nature & Lucky Seven Brewery
Matters of Taste: Charcuterie & Beer Tasting
            19:00
372. Orlando
Book to Screen: Film Screening
 
              
              
19:15             
              
              
19:30        19:30
378. The Beefy Boys Pop-up Supper
A Masterclass and a BBQ Platter
   
            
            
19:45           
            
            
20:00                       
                        
                        
20:15                       
                        
                        
20:3020:30 Sold Out
373. Michael McIntyre
Stand-up Comedy
20:30
374. Michael McIntyre: SOLD OUT ON STAGE – NOW LIVE ON SCREEN
Stand-up Comedy
  20:30
375. Jason Burke talks to Oliver Bullough
The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
20:30
376. Nigel Planer talks to Toby Lichtig
Barrel of Laughs: Young Once – A Life Less Heavy
20:30
377. Tom Gilbey talks to Tiffany Murray
Matters of Taste: Thirsty – 100 Great Wines and Stories
  20:30
379. Karen McCarthy Woolf, Scott McKendry, clare e potter and Roseanne Watt with Kathryn Williams
The Clearing
       
              
              
20:45             
              
              
21:00               
                
                
21:15               
                
                
21:30                         
                          
                          
21:45    21:45
380. Llareggub Brass Band
In Concert
                     
                          
                          
22:00                         
                          
                          
22:15                         
                          
                          
22:30                         
                          
                          
22:45