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