Hay Festival
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The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Wales for ten days from May to June. Devised by Peter Florence in 1988, the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind".[1] Since its inception, the festival was held at a variety of venues around Hay until 2005 when it moved to a central location just outside of the town.[2] The Guardian has been the main sponsor of the festival since 2002, succeeding The Sunday Times.
The festival has expanded in recent years and now includes musical performances and film previews. A children's festival, "Hay Fever", runs alongside the main festival. It has also expanded internationally and sister festivals take place in Cartagena and Segovia.
The 2008 festival includes: Gore Vidal, Salman Rushdie, John Irving, Will Self, Julian Barnes, Jimmy Carter,Jhumpa Lahiri, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Ian McEwan, Naomi Klein, Christopher Hitchens, Boris Spassky, Gary Kasparov, Hanif Kureishi, James Ivory and John Bolton.
[edit] References
- ^ Hide, Will. "The world this week: find 'the Woodstock of the mind'", The Times, 2007-01-20. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Staff writer. "Stars gathering for Hay Festival", BBC News Online, 2005-05-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
