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A Film, A Book and A Festival!
Bronwyn Goes Dancing by Shane Anderson Bronwyn Goes Dancing is a short film written by new Hay Writers’ Circle member, Shane Anderson, and directed by Chris Lang at a time when both were members of Pontardawe Arts Centre’s ‘Script Cafe’ – another dynamic writers’ group … Continue reading
Hay Writers’ Circle at Hay Festival, 2022
We are thrilled to announce that Hay Writers’ Circle will be performing at Hay Festival 2022. Our event, number 212, takes place at 2.30pm on Wednesday 1st June in the Summerhouse. It’s a FREE but ticketed event, so please click … Continue reading
New Poet Laureate & Poetry Winners
New Poet Laureate Chosen We are absolutely delighted to congratulate Simon Armitage on his appointment as Poet Laureate. Many of us Hay Writers have long admired his written work (heaving book shelves with signed copies are a testament to this), … Continue reading
It’s Festival Time Again!
It’s festival time again! How do I know? Well, it’s not from the throngs of people lining the roads, streets and country lanes, or the aroma of BBQ’s and a myriad of pop-up food stands serving all sorts of deliciously … Continue reading
2017 Hay Writers’ Poetry Competition Winners
Poetry Competition 2017 We had a record number of entries from Hay Writers members for this year’s poetry competition, which was judged by the well- known prize winning poet and novelist, Chris Meredith. Chris gave encouraging attention and mention to many … Continue reading
Finding Poetry in Hay-on-Wye — Emma van Woerkom ~ Poet
Its been an amazing ten days of sunshine, canvas and books as Hay Festival celebrates it’s last full day of festivities for another year. I’m lucky as it’s right on my doorstep – (literally, 2 minutes door to door as … Continue reading
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