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Hay Festival has today announced the full programme for its 20th anniversary year in Colombia next year, with events in Jericó (24–26 January), Medellín (28–29 January), Cartagena de Indias (30 January–2 February), and Barranquilla (3 February).

Posted 20 November 2024 Read more

Hay Festival will take five award-winning Young Adult (YA) writers direct to thousands of Year 7–10 pupils across Wales next year with the free Scribblers Tour, 3–14 February.

Posted 19 November 2024 Read more

La British Library y el Hay Festival han revelado hoy la lista de finalistas para el Premio Global de Escritores del Instituto Eccles y el Hay Festival 2025. El premio, dotado con 20.000 libras esterlinas, se otorga anualmente a dos escritores en las primeras etapas de un nuevo libro relacionado con las Américas.

Publicado 13 noviembre 2024 Ver más

The British Library and Hay Festival have today revealed the shortlist for the 2025 Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global 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 14th year. 

Posted 13 November 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Education’s Scribblers Cymraeg closed Friday 8 November after bringing a trio of exceptional writers and performers direct to 1,089 KS3 pupils across Wales. 

Posted 11 November 2024 Read more

The Regional Government of Arequipa has awarded Hay Festival international director Cristina Fuentes La Roche with a Medal of Culture to recognise the charity’s 10 years of activity in Peru and commitment to cultural accessibility.

Posted 9 November 2024 Read more

Actor and singer Luke Evans will join the soon to be announced Hay-on-Wye Citizen of the Year to switch on the town’s Christmas lights on Friday 29 November as part of his upcoming Hay Festival Winter Weekend appearance.

Posted 1 November 2024 Read more

To mark the opening day of Liviv BookForum 2024, readings of Ukrainian literature are being shared online under #ReadForUkraine, featuring contributions from actor Stephen Fry; novelists Elif Shafak and Sophie Buchaillard; poets Michael Rosen and Dakota Warren; the internet’s resident librarian Jack Edwards; and more.  

Posted 2 October 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 Sofia Cheliak, director of Lviv BookForum. 

Posted 1 October 2024 Read more

Hay Festival has today announced the programme for its 25th Winter Weekend, bringing writers and readers together in Hay-on-Wye, 28 November–1 December. 

Posted 24 September 2024 Read more

Del 7 al 10 de noviembre en Arequipa. Y el 6 de noviembre en Moquegua. Con la participación entre otros de Javier Moro (España), Irene Vallejo (España), Abdulrazak Gurnah (Premio Nobel de literatura, Tanzania /Reino Unido), Pablo Vierci (Uruguay), Liliana Colanzi (Bolivia), Carlos Bardem (España), Clare Pollard (Reino Unido), Jean Baptiste del Amo (Francia), Carlos Umaña (premio Nobel de la Paz, Costa Rica), Ekaitz Cancela (España), Renata Flores (Perú), Hajma Ahsan (Reino Unido), Charles Walker (Estados Unidos), Agustina Bazterrica (Argentina), Liliana Colanzi (Bolivia), Zaraí Toledo(Perú) Leontxo García (España). 96 actividades entre charlas, proyecciones, conciertos y actividades con 102 participantes procedentes de 17 países. Hay Festival Comunitario para infancias y adultos, llegando al Establecimiento Penitenciario de Arequipa y al Colegio de Alto Rendimiento COAR.

Publicado 12 septiembre 2024 Ver más

Hay Festival has today announced the full programme for its tenth edition in Arequipa, Peru, taking place 7–10 November 2024, plus plans for a new anthology to mark the anniversary.

Posted 10 September 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Education’s Scribblers Cymraeg will bring writers direct to Year 7–9 pupils across Wales this autumn with workshops at Swansea University, Aberystwyth University, Cardiff University, Bangor University and Wrexham University, 4–8 November 2024. 

Posted 10 September 2024 Read more

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