Hay Festival is an independent, mission-led charity based in the booktown of Hay-on-Wye, Wales. We seek to inspire, examine and entertain with sustainable events and projects around the world. 

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Offering innovative platforms to discover new ideas, Hay Festival invites audiences to imagine the world as it is and as it might be. It is a catalyst for change and a community that is open and accessible to everyone. Nobel Prizewinners and novelists, scientists and politicians, historians, environmentalists and musicians take part in the Festival’s global conversation, sharing the latest thinking in the arts and sciences with curious audiences.