The events will showcase writers and speakers from countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa to UK audiences, and feature up-and-coming UK writers selected as part of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 list.This specially selected event series brings together our work with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2024-05-24 10:51:02 UTC ]
London's International Excellence Awards extend their nomination dates, and Hay's season opens with its Colombian festival dates. The post Industry Notes: London Book Fair Awards, Hay Festival in Colombia appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-12-16 16:12:24 UTC ]
To further capitalise on the popularity of BookTok the social media giant will let users purchase titles through partnerships with publishers and retailersTikTok has proved to be a hugely successful way to promote books in recent years, with publishers attributing the popularity of books such as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-17 16:49:24 UTC ]
The Hay Festival and the Women's Prize are some of the literature organisations to have benefitted from the latest round of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund administered through Arts Council England. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-22 05:55:21 UTC ]
Hay Festival has unveiled its free autumn programme for schools including a dedicated Winter Weekend, in-person Beacons Project and Welsh Scribblers Tour events. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 22:26:58 UTC ]
Writers love being invited to the Hay Festival. Sales will rocket into double figures, you get into the green room with a free coffee and a chance to smile flirtatiously at Germaine Greer and listen to Stephen Fry talk about his bunions. The festival was sponsored by the Times, then the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-24 21:25:18 UTC ]
In two unresolved cases that have come to light recently, the highly regarded Hay Festival finds itself dealing with sensitive allegations from within its ranks. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Challenging Developments rom many vantage points, no international literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-29 17:32:33 UTC ]
The Hay Festival has said it will not return to Abu Dhabi while Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the Emirates minister of tolerance, remains in his post. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-18 17:10:59 UTC ]
Hay Festival has launched a series of Book of the Month live Q&A sessions with authors, to expand its digital offering. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 02:44:44 UTC ]
Operating outside its usual regal setting in Ovieda, Spain's Princess of Asturias Award honors the Guadalajara International Book Fair and Hay Festival. The post Hay Festival and Guadalajara Book Fair Named Princess Asturias 2020 Laureates appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-12 17:20:08 UTC ]
Hay Festival and Mexico's Guadalajara Book Fair have been jointly awarded the 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for communication and humanities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 19:05:34 UTC ]
Hay Festival will hold its first fully digital edition following the cancellation of this year's main event. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 08:47:04 UTC ]
The Hay Festival has soared past the halfway mark of its £150,000 crowdfunding campaign, launched after this year's event was cancelled. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 08:08:24 UTC ]
The Hay Festival has been cancelled owing to the coronavirus outbreak with organisers saying it is now in “immediate financial jeopardy” and has 10 days to raise emergency funds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 09:16:58 UTC ]
The Hay Festival is still going ahead as planned in May despite concerns around the spread of coronavirus. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 22:17:03 UTC ]
As the Hay Festival gets under way in Abu Dhabi, Stephen Fry and Noam Chomsky have signed an open letter calling on the UAE authorities to release imprisoned writers and demonstrate their commitment to free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 05:08:26 UTC ]
Hay Festival has announced eight “earlybird” events for next year’s activism and climate crisis-themed event. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-11 13:58:34 UTC ]
Authors who write about marginalised communities are facing abuse, boycotts and even death threats. What is cancel culture doing to young adult fiction?Earlier this month, the author and screenwriter Gareth Roberts announced that his story was being removed from a forthcoming Doctor Who... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-06-15 08:00:15 UTC ]
The Hay Festival has a new look that changes its colors with each of its international festivals, and the fledgling BKS agency has a London Book Fair sale to Canongate. The post Industry Notes: Hay Festival’s New Branding; BKS Agency’s Sale to Canongate appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Rosen, Cressida Cowell and David Baddiel are among the children’s writers taking part in Hay Festival’s 2019 schools programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]