News, Blogs & Updates

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

Hay Festival will debut in Bristol next year, hosting a new After Hours edition at Bristol Beacon on Thursday 27 March 2025, offering a world of different experiences in a single night.

Posted 11 December 2024 Read more

El escritor y periodista peruano Joseph Zárate y el cantante de ópera y autor británico-barbadense Peter Brathwaite son los ganadores del Premio de Literatura Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global 2025.

Publicado 9 diciembre 2024 Ver más

British Barbadian opera singer and author, Peter Brathwaite, and Peruvian writer and journalist, Joseph Zárate,were announced as the 2025 winners of the Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global Writer’s Award at the British Library last night (Wednesday 4 December).

Posted 5 December 2024 Read more

Con motivo del proyecto Parejas Literarias del Hay Festival y el British Council, varios de los escritores participantes han colaborado con un texto sobre él. Compartimos aquí el de Agustina Bazterrica, quien participó en el Hay Festival Arequipa 2024.

Publicado 4 diciembre 2024 Ver más

Hay Festival has announced 44 earlybird events for next spring’s Hay-on-Wye edition, taking place 22 May–1 June 2025, ahead of the full programme release next March. 

Posted 3 December 2024 Read more

Hay Festival Winter Weekend closed Sunday 1 December after festivalgoers enjoyed events in and around the booktown of Hay-on-Wye with more than 11,000 tickets sold, up 10% on the previous year.  

Posted 1 December 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, hear from the outgoing Chair of Hay Festival Global's Board of Trustees, literary agent Caroline Michel.

Posted 1 December 2024 Read more

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton has been named Hay Festival Book of the Year 2024 after hundreds of book lovers nominated their favourite titles of the year online.  

Posted 27 November 2024 Read more