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Founded in 1987 around a kitchen table in Wales, Hay Festival is a charity that brings readers and writers together to share stories and ideas in sustainable events around the world โ€“ over the last 35 years there have been 150 festivals globally.

19/06/2026

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข.

Novelist Matt Haig on being a BLINK and the way music inspires his writing.

19/06/2026

On perspective.

Novelist Matt Haig talks to writer Poorna Bell in our Book Club conversation on The Midnight Library.

19/06/2026

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

Novelist Matt Haig talks to writer Poorna Bell in our Book Club conversation on The Midnight Library.

18/06/2026

On being satisfied.

Novelist Matt Haig talks to writer Poorna Bell in our Book Club conversation on The Midnight Library.

18/06/2026

On fighting the stigma around mental illness.

Novelist Matt Haig talks to writer Poorna Bell in our Book Club conversation on The Midnight Library.

18/06/2026

On the stories we tell ourselves.

Novelist Matt Haig talks to writer Poorna Bell in our Book Club conversation on The Midnight Library.

Live now!
18/06/2026

Live now!

This monthโ€™s Book Club pick is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, t...

Tonight ๐Ÿ•›
18/06/2026

Tonight ๐Ÿ•›

Hay Festival Book Club โ€“ The Midnight Library

Announcing the winners of Room to Write 2026 โ€“ a new award from Hay Festival x Airbnb supporting UK-based writers. These...
18/06/2026

Announcing the winners of Room to Write 2026 โ€“ a new award from Hay Festival x Airbnb supporting UK-based writers.

These eight incredible artists will each benefit from time, space and a change of environment to write their next work. A new chapter starts now.

โœ๏ธ Tiffany Atkinson
โœ๏ธ Helen Bain
โœ๏ธ Yusef Bushara
โœ๏ธ Jan Carson
โœ๏ธ Paul Chambers
โœ๏ธ Sophie Pavelle
โœ๏ธ William Rayfet Hunter
โœ๏ธ Rebecca Watson

Discover more! https://www.hayfestival.org/room-to-write

Backstage recording this monthโ€™s Book Club conversation between novelist Matt Haig and writer Poorna Bell on The Midnigh...
17/06/2026

Backstage recording this monthโ€™s Book Club conversation between novelist Matt Haig and writer Poorna Bell on The Midnight Library โ€“ out tomorrow.

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