April 25, 2010 by Rob Brown

Finding Accommodation at the Hay Festival

Accommodation is often hard to find during the Hay Festival and many of hotels and B&Bs are booked up early in some cases more that a year in advance. However there is a bedfinder service which will help you to find accommodation for a registration fee of £10. Places to stay can also be found through the Hay-on-Wye tourist information site www.hay-on-wye.co.uk.

In recent years camping has become more and more popular with two campsites close to the festival site, Tangerine Fields Camping www.tangerinefields.co.uk and Wye Meadow Camping www.peak-performance-consultancy.com/haycamping.

April 20, 2010 by Rob Brown

Tickets on Sale From Midnight Tonight

The programme is live and ‘friend’s’ have had the opportunity to book early but as of midnight tonight booking is open to everyone. You can search through the programme and make bookings though the official site by clicking here.

April 17, 2010 by Rob Brown

Full 2010 Hay Festival Programme Now Live

The Hay Festival Programme is finally published, although we have had highlights available for the last couple of weeks. If you have paid the extra £20 to be a ‘friend’ you can book now. Booking is open to everyone from midnight on Tuesday. New highlights revealed include; the unlikely pairing of Alain de Botton in conversation with Jerry Hall, Manchester indie band The Whip and Charlie Higson talking to Mark Kermode.

You can review the full programme and make bookings though the official site by clicking here.

April 8, 2010 by Rob Brown

2010 Hay Festival – First Programme Dates Revealed

This is an update of Monday’s post and it is still at the time of posting the most comprehensive and up-to-date list available. It has been drawn from multiple sources including the writers’ own sites. The highlighted names can be booked now. Click on the name to take you to the official booking pages.

Since the original post some listings have been added as have several dates:

Martin Amis
Lord Bingham
Quentin Blake
Bonobo
Melvyn Bragg
Rob Brydon – 30 May
Bill Bryson – 29 May
Tom Buergenthal
Cathy Cassidy – 4 June
Cressida Cowell
Toumani Diabate
Roddy Doyle – 29 May
David Eagleman
Barabara Erskine – 25 May
Garen Ewing – 5 June
Chris Evans
Niall Ferguson
Jasper Fforde
Antonia Fraser
Stephen Fry
Amanda Galsworthy
Nadine Gordimer
Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Faiza Guenean
Joumana Haddad
Jerry Hall
Max Hastings
Christopher Hitchens
Randa Jarrar
Kazuo Ishiguro
Helena Kennedy – 29 May
Shappi Khorsandi
Don McCullin
Michael Mansfield
Henning Mankell
Hilary Mantel – 5 June
Laura Marling
Andrew Marr
Brian May – 3 June
Ed Miliband
Tim Minchin
Christy Moore – 28 May
Pervez Musharraf
Mohammed Nasheed
Colm O’Gorman – 27 May
Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club – 2 June
Beth Orton
Grayson Perry
Philip Pullman – 5 June
Youssef Rakha
Martin Rees
Phil Rickman – 25 May
Meg Rosoff – 27 May
Philip Sands
Adania Shibli
John Simpson
Zadie Smith
Jon Snow – 27 May
Norman Stone
Tom Stoppard – 6 June
Abdellah Taia
Erik Truffaz
Elena Vidal – 3 June
Ruby Wax

April 5, 2010 by Rob Brown

2010 Hay Festival Line-Up

At the time of posting this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date list available and has been drawn from multiple sources including the writers’ own sites. The highlighted names can be booked now. Click on the name to take you to the official booking pages.

The line-up for the Guardian Hay Festival 2010 will include: