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Stormzy and Tracey Emin join Hay festival 2023 lineup

The UK’s best-known literary festival has a new CEO and promises ‘11 days of different’ as it unveils its full lineup featuring Richard Osman, Dua Lipa, Margaret Atwood and more

The Guardian - UK

Hay festival to hold inaugural Eurovision book contest

Submissions will be made by the public as books festival parters with famed music event for a literary showdown

The Guardian - UK

What sofa is everyone buying in 2025? From curves to color, these are the top sofa trends designers are backing to help you on your hunt

From rich fabrics to bold colors and patterns – these are the must-have sofas to elevate your living room in 2025

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Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman among authors signed up for Ukrainian book festival

Lviv BookForum is partnering with Hay festival for a programme of in-person and online events, which will be streamed free from 6-9 October

The Guardian - UK

UK and Ukraine book festivals partner to protect freedom of expression

Hay festival’s CEO describes partnership with Lviv BookForum as ‘an act of solidarity’ as Ukrainian writers look to ‘tell our true story and why we are fighting’

The Guardian - UK

Authors at Hay festival weigh the meaning of authenticity

Who can write about whom was a running question, tackled by writers from Rose Tremain to Damon Galgut

The Guardian - UK

Bernardine Evaristo fears publishers may lose interest in black authors

Diversity in book industry must be sustained, and start at the top, Booker prize-winning author tells Hay festival

The Guardian - UK

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Elif Shafak: there’s a scream building up in young people

Author cites Brexit and the climate crisis as examples of previous generations ‘breaking’ their future

The Guardian - UK

Michael Grade too lazy and old to lead Ofcom, says BBC official historian

Prof Jean Seaton, speaking at Hay festival on future of BBC, says Grade appointment is act of bullying

The Guardian - UK

‘Sea forest’ would be better name than seaweed, says UN food adviser

Seaweed could help feed world and reduce climate crisis impact, Vincent Doumeizel tells Hay festival

The Guardian - UK

British empire nostalgia played part in Brexit vote, says Nobel laureate

Abdulrazak Gurnah said imperial attitudes were fuelled by the government withholding details of Britain’s colonial past

The Guardian - UK

Londoner’s Diary: Life after the BBC is liberating, says Andrew Marr

Londoner’s Diary: Marr free from Beeb managers / New Hay boss / Miriam Gonzalez Durantez hits out at sexism / Fox frenzy? / David Miliband circles / A brusing canvassing encounter

Evening Standard

Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years

Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town

The Guardian - UK

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