Guardian Hay Festival

Zadie Smith, Nadine Gordimer On Guardian Hay Festival Lineup

The Guardian | Mark Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Clinton called it the "Woodstock of the mind" while Joseph Heller said it was like a cross between "an international conference and a country wed...

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Euro May Not Exist In 10 Years, Says Author John Gray

The Guardian | John Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was John Gray's turn at the Guardian Hay festival yesterday. He was here to re-plug last year's anthology Gray's Anatomy, though he inevitably did ...

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Hay Festival In UK Brings 'Mongrel Mix' Of Authors And Intellectuals

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAY-ON-WYE, Wales — British industry is a shadow of its former self, the deficit is enormous, public services are facing huge cuts and London's ...

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Philip Pullman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alexander McCall Smith And Others On Bad Reviews, Their Favorite Authors And More

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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We asked some of the leading authors at this year's Guardian Hay festival a series of questions. Here are their answers...

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Nadine Gordimer: Books Are Essential To Africa's Recovery

The Guardian | Charlotte Higgins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, one of South Africa's most distinguished literary figures and a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle, has mounted a ...

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Guardian Hay Festival Begins Today; Nick Clegg Among Speakers

The Guardian | Charlotte Higgins, Chief Arts Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clegg will appear with the human rights barrister and author Philippe Sands. The conversation is likely to range widely and robustly over the possibil...

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Guardian Hay Festival To Include Competition For Most Beautiful Tweet Ever Written

The Guardian | Jo Adetunji | Posted 05.25.2011

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The host of literary heavyweights to descend on the Guardian Hay festival may be more used to reviewing substantial literary works, but messages of 14...

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UNVEILING: Best 39 Arab Writers Under 40

Hay Festival | Posted 05.25.2011

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PRESS RELEASE: As part of Beirut 'World Capital of the Book' festivities, Hay Festival announces the complete list of the 'Beirut39' Project at the 20...

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