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Hay Festival 2026, Holly Müller Writing Workshop Reminder, The Richard Booth Prize for Non-Fiction Competition, and Illustrator Opportunity!

The sun certainly shone brightly on Hay Festival 2026 and glorious amounts of book fiends descended to on our border town to fill their bibliographical hearts full of wonder, delight, and books, books, books! This year book sales were up and so was festival attendance too. This all bodes well for next year as the festival celebrates it’s 40th year. … Continue reading

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Workshop Report: Breaking The Rules Of Fiction, and Non Fiction Competition Open To All

Breaking the rules of fiction – a workshop with Alan Bilton

Article written by HWC Chair, Corinne Harris.
Photos by Ange Grunsell

On Tuesday 17th June, fifteen of us met in Clyro Village Hall for this workshop.  Alan started with a concise summary of the rules of fiction, and of the expectations readers have of work in a particular genre.  He then, with a series of interactive exercises, encouraged us to break the rules he had just outlined… Continue reading

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Announcement – Richard Booth Prize For Non-Fiction 2023 – Judge Confirmed & Competition Open!

*STOP PRESS*

Submissions are now invited for our annual Non-Fiction Competition, The Richard Booth Prize 2023, named after one of Hay-on-Wye’s most notable residents and it’s self proclaimed ‘King of Hay’. Richard was always a great supporter of books, Hay-on-Wye and of course, local writers… Continue reading

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