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Outstanding writers and thinkers to take part in Hay Festival Segovia 2019


When you come to think of it, Segovia is just round the corner and well worth a visit, anyway.

Hay Festival Segovia full programme (19-22 September).

We interview Nikesh Shukla | Hay Festival Segovia


Hay Festival 2017: NeilGaiman and Stephen Fry - Myth Makers


Toni Morrison talks to Peter Florence


In 1987, in Hay-on-Wye, a small town on the border between England and Wales that houses 1,500 people and is home to two dozen bookstores, two local residents, Peter Florence (current director) and his father Norman, decided to hold a festival literary. Since then, Hay has grown to become one of the most important ideas festivals in the world, attracting hundreds of thousands of people each year. The Hay Festival, which has a presence in Europe and Latin America, is chaired by the actor and writer Stephen Fry and its board of directors is headed by Caroline Michel. Thanks to its director Sheila Cremaschi, over the last 14 years, Segovia has captured the original spirit of the Hay Festival, attracting more than 20,000 visitors and turning the city into a national and international cultural benchmark.

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