Fantastic to see the full online programme out now for Lviv BookForum Hay Festival – we supported the inaugural edition back in 2022. 📚 Find out more ...

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“Nearly everything I know about love, I’ve learnt from my long-term friendships with women.” – Dolly Alderton, born #OnThisDay in 1988, in Everything I Know About Love.

Tom Gauld on the optimistic and pessimistic novelists – cartoon theguardian.com/books/picture/…

A world of different laughter 🤣 Head over to Hay Festival Anytime now for a special playlist of recent comedy highlights to enjoy. Subscribe hayfestival.org/anytime/

Writers! Submissions for the 2025 Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global Writer’s Award close 12 September. Apply now.

𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘢, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺… Anansi’s Gold by Yepoka Yeebo is this month’s Book Club pick. Join us for our free online event, Thursday 26 September. Sign up hayfestival.com/book-club/sept… #HFBookClub

Meet the Haymaker #20. As we get ready to launch the programme for Hay Festival Forum Dallas 2024, meet the event's coordinator, Javier Garcia del Moral. More at hayfestival.com/international-…

Querétaro, it’s almost time! While we wait for this year’s event to begin, our free film of the week on Hay Festival Anytime takes us back to our 2022 edition when Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker discussed his approach to writing his autobiography. Enjoy! hayfestival.com/anytime

La rentrée! Stock up on all your back to school essentials in the Hay Festival Shop where proceeds go to supporting our work here and around the world. Shop now! hayfestival.org/shop

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” – Malcom Gladwell, born #OnThisDay in 1963.

A new chapter begins! We are delighted to welcome Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens to the Hay Festival Global board of trustees. hayfestival.com/news/blog.aspx…

Word of the day, as schools reopen, is ‘merry-go-sorry’ (16th century): a mixture of joy and sorrow.

Dallas, it’s time 😎 Your Hay Festival Dallas 2024 programme is OUT NOW, offering a world of different ideas, 11-13 October. Dive in! hayfestival.org/dallas

Hay Festival Querétaro 2024 starts today! For those not in Mexico, here is a playlist of past highlights, including Nobel Prize-winners Tawakkol Karman and Wole Soyinka, professor Ha-Joon Chang and writer Vivian Gornick. Subscribe hayfestival.org/anytime/

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Punk idols, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Palestinian poets and authors from all over the world... Hay Festival Querétaro 2024 starts today! Follow Hay Festival Esp for live updates. elpais.com/mexico/2024-09…

At a time when the world is so divided, there is a dire need to globalise compassion. And events like the Hay Festival which promote free exchange of ideas and dialogue will help in ushering in hope and positivity. My address during the inauguration of Hay Festival at Queretaro