Article: Premiere of McEwan's opera is postponed; HAY FESTIVAL.(News)(Opera review)

Article: Better late than never; After being postponed five months ago when the leading man was taken ill, Ian McEwan's debut opera, For You, finally arrives in South Wales. KAREN PRICE meets the award-winning novelist...(Features)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  November 11, 2008 ;     575 words ......KAREN PRICE WHEN your first opera has been such a long time coming...five months ago as part of the Hay Festival. However, illness to its leading...discussed collaborating on an opera 26 years ago, only to find...come on, let's think about an opera' I would say 'yes' and three...write a ...

Article: Hay Festival heads behind bars to unlock inmates' minds.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 2, 2008 ;     575 words ......the line-up of guests for this year's Hay Festival, which also includes comedian Ken Dodd...chat about literature with inmates. The Hay Festival management has also donated more than...the Woodstock of the mind . Yesterday, Hay Festival director Peter Florence explained the...

Article: Festival-goers get soaked in 'Venice of the West' HAY FESTIVAL.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 26, 2008 ;     353 words ...FIREFIGHTERS were called to the Hay Festival yesterday after torrential rain flooded...US president Bill Clinton once dubbed Hay Festival the Woodstock of the mind - but yesterday...Diver statue, by Penny Chantler, at the Hay Festival, had its head submerged by severe rain...

Article: Sony uses Hay festival to push digital reading device.
Marketing Week;  May 14, 2009 ;     235 words ......with literary festival The Guardian Hay Festival. The deal will see a number of on-venue...available to consumers in September. The Hay Festival, which starts on 21 May, first launched...newspaper is the title sponsor of the Hay Festival and has been involved with the event...

Article: All we like sheep; The Hay Festival.(Britain's best-known book festival)
The Economist (US);  May 26, 2007 ;     571 words ......transatlantic political star to grace the Hay Festival. Although Mr Brown's event sold out...string quartets, film-makers, chefs, opera singers and the odd sheep who throng...audiences further. In recent years the Hay Festival has come under fire for being too commercial...of the pudding, ...

Article: 'It has to regain its glory days and the sassiness of the early '90s' Hay Festival chief in talks to save the future of cash-hit Brecon Jazz.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 29, 2008 ;     668 words ...Byline: Karen Price ORGANISERS of the Hay Festival said yesterday they could step in to...towns, have a long association. While Hay Festival is first and fore most a celebration...travelling to Colombia next month with the Hay Festival. CAPTION(S): GREAT PARTY: Brecon Jazz...

Article: The write stuff; With the Hay festival under way, Lorne Jackson enjoys a few poker-faced exchanges with its driving force.
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ......cards to me. Is it true you launched the Hay Festival from the winnings of a poker game? I...When President Bill Clinton came to the Hay Festival, in 2001, did he really succumb to an...possible. And more than possible at the Hay Festival. * For more information about this year...

Article: Isn't that glam hitch-hiker the actress Kathleen Turner? HAY FESTIVAL.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 30, 2008 ;     528 words ......confessed she used her visit to the Hay Festival to try hitch-hiking for the first time...breakfast. He said he was going to the Hay Festival and I said, 'So am I. I'm the American...TYPECAST: Kathleen Turner speaking at the Hay Festival yesterday Picture: Jeff Morgan

Article: Rock'n'roll, highbrow culture and books ... new 'Glastonbury' is inspired by Hay Festival.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 29, 2006 ;     542 words ......adding that he was fascinated by the Hay Festival, to be held this year from May 26 to...have.' Peter Florence, director of the Hay Festival, said he was flattered and was sure...he said. Highlights from Hay: The Hay Festival programme includes a mixture of music...

Article: The Hay Festival 1994
The Independent - London;  April 24, 1994 ;     146 words ......Independent on Sunday are the new sponsors of the seventh Hay Festival, which is held at Hay-on-Wye, in the Welsh Marches, from...booking form, send a large SAE to: The Box Office Manager, The Hay Festival (Independent on Sunday), Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BX or telephone...

Article: Film director Sir Alan Parker talks to Hay Festival about his life in films - Sunday 1 June 2003.
PR Newswire;  May 28, 2003 ;     194 words ......masterclass on filmmaking at this year's Hay Festival on Sunday 1 June presented by the Script...being held at the Orange Word Stage, Hay Festival, Hay on Wye. Parker's credits include...event contact: The Script Factory at Hay Festival 2003 C/o The Script Factory Linton House...

Article: Arrest-bid was my duty, says Monbiot; HAY FESTIVAL.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 30, 2008 ;     330 words ......unable to arrest one of George Bush's leading allies at the Hay Festival. The 45-year-old, who lives in Machynlleth, was bundled out...think-tank the American Enterprise Institute, who was at the Hay Festival promoting his book Surrender is Not an Option - left the...

Article: Rushdie seems to forget fatwa with elephant quip; HAY FESTIVAL.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 26, 2008 ;     272 words ......Satanic Verses. The Indian-British knight yesterday delivered the Hay Festival's keynote lecture on the 100 artists who created the Hamzanama paintings...in a common cause. CAPTION(S): RISKY WORDS: Salman Rushdie at the Hay Festival yesterday

Article: Books: PICK OF THE WEEK; Jonathan Safran Foer Tue, Wed & 4 Jun London W1 & NW3 & Hay Festival.(Features)
The Independent (London, England);  May 28, 2005 ;     179 words ......Erica Wagner at the LJCC, with Peter Florence at the Hay Festival and will speak solo in Borders. Borders, Oxford St...020-7431 0345) Wed, 7.30pm, pounds 5; Channel 4 Tent, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye (0870 990 1299) 4 Jun, 7pm, pounds 6