Tag Archives: Herefordshire

Women in Farming

Posted on August 20, 2018 by thehaywriters

Recently, photographer Billie Charity launched a new exhibition highlighting the rarely acknowledged world of women farmers. Her hard working subjects, like Billie herself, are based around Hay-on-Wye and range in age from 18 to 93 years old. Billie’s incredible exhibition … Continue reading →

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Hay Festival Highs!

Posted on June 10, 2016 by thehaywriters

What a beautiful, bustling buzz Hay Festival created this year and we are all still brimming in that honey-golden time, like a piece of well loved nostalgia. Our event was another sell out success. On two occasions before the performance started extra chairs … Continue reading →

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Pick & Mix at Hay Festival 2016

Posted on May 24, 2016 by thehaywriters

BOOK – BOOKS – BOOKSHOP! We are all currently making sacrifices to the Welsh weather gods for a fine, sunny and dry Hay Festival. But this aside, it’s worth remembering that if you find yourself soggy under canvas, desperately using … Continue reading →

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Hay Festival 2016 – Exciting Times

Posted on May 18, 2016 by thehaywriters

Hay-on-Wye – Hay-oh-My! It’s the 18th May and time is definitely marching to a very fast paced drum indeed. We have been rehearsing our festival pieces and no small amount of re-edits, tweaks and minor adjustments have been accomplished with … Continue reading →

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The anticipation of a book launch …

Posted on November 7, 2015 by thehaywriters

Pick and Mix anthology update by Emma van Woerkom Suddenly, I hear boxes of books are arriving at the Hay Writers’ Circle HQ filled with glorious copies of our Pick and Mix anthology. We are delighted and excited – book … Continue reading →

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Hay Writers’ Fiction Competition Judge announced as Piers Wenger

Posted on October 28, 2015 by thehaywriters

Exciting times ahead with the confirmation of our Fiction Competition Judge 2015. Piers Wenger is the Head of Drama for Channel 4 and E4, as well as an Executive Producer for Film 4 and will be our Fiction Competition Judge … Continue reading →

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MUCK, MAYHEM & MEMORIES – ‘A FOOT IN THE BUCKET’ IS PUBLISHED

Posted on September 17, 2015 by thehaywriters

by Emma van Woerkom Two years before The Good Life appeared on our television screens, Jenny and her husband made the decision to leave their urban home and lifestyle to embrace a life of self-sufficiency in the Welsh Hills. At … Continue reading →

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Pick and Mix Anthology News.

Posted on September 1, 2015 by thehaywriters

“The first real content meeting for the Hay Writers new anthology took place at the weekend in the glorious booktown of Hay-on-Wye. I’m very happy to report that we have 80 strong pages of wonderful, diverse new writing selected and … Continue reading →

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A Poem for Ruth Stone, Poet 1915-2011

Posted on August 18, 2015 by thehaywriters

A Poem for Ruth Stone, Poet 1915-2011 Earlier this summer I was involved in a project responding to works of the American poet Ruth Stone, 1915-2011. Ruth Stone? – I freely admitted to Elephants Footprint (publishers of this new anthology) that I’d … Continue reading →

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HAIKU AND THE RICHARD BOOTH PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

Posted on July 28, 2015 by thehaywriters

Haiku: Between cloud and tree The threshold of the mountains – Old doors, old latches. ECvW 2015 While summer storm clouds take up residence above our home town of Hay-on-Wye, this afternoon sees the announcement of the 2015 winner of the … Continue reading →

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