Every year at Guardian Hay Festival, certain events generate a special buzz.
They may feature controversial authors, long-awaited new books, or writers who have just arrived on the scene. Here are some tips for talking points this year.
They may feature controversial authors, long-awaited new books, or writers who have just arrived on the scene. Here are some tips for talking points this year.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry and critical essays...
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Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry and critical essays...
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Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney is an award-winning and highly-influential poet, writer and broadcaster...
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Seamus Heaney is an award-winning and highly-influential poet, writer and broadcaster...
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Julie Myerson
Julie Myerson is the author of numerous novels including Something Might Happen which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize...
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Julie Myerson is the author of numerous novels including Something Might Happen which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize...
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Eric Schlosser
Eric Schlosser's investigative work has examined the war on drugs, the American prison system, and, crucially, the fast food industry...
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Eric Schlosser's investigative work has examined the war on drugs, the American prison system, and, crucially, the fast food industry...
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Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope is the bestselling author of sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic dramas of life in contemporary England...
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Joanna Trollope is the bestselling author of sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic dramas of life in contemporary England...
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