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The Literature in Wales Exhibition
At The Guardian Hay Festival

Saturday 26 May – Sunday 2 June

Readers and writers will be flocking to the Literature in Wales Exhibition stand at the Guardian Hay Festival next week to meet, to inspire and intrigue, to talk and listen and chill. The aim of the Literature in Wales Exhibition is to celebrate Wales’s rich literary heritage and to introduce classic and contemporary writing from Wales to new audiences. It is supported by a partnership between The Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh Books Council, Welsh Assembly Government, the National Library of Wales and Academi.

The stand will offer a relaxing haven from the Festival field. You can browse and buy books, or take a seat and relax a little. The stand will also host a number of snapshot events throughout the Festival period, including readings by Wales’s National Poet, Gwyn Thomas and the winner of the EDS Dylan Thomas prize for young writers, Welsh author Rachel Trezise. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams will visit the stand to read some extracts from his published poetry collections. Other guest writers at the Literature in Wales stand during the festival include Gwyneth Lewis, Manon Rhys, James Hawes, Niall Griffiths and Owen Sheers.

Find out who will be on the Literature in Wales stand when you are at the festival by clicking here

For more information visit:
http://new.wales.gov.uk/campaigns/summerevents/hayfestival
or
www.hayfestival.com