More than a cult of the Arts, Hay Festival stands as an ode to freedom, an homage to intelligence and a tribute to the creativity of human minds. Revista Semana
HAY FESTIVAL Cartagena de Indias, since 2006 "Hay is a Renaissance-style festival focused on solving humanity's problems through literature, science and philosophy while Davos is a more technocratic affair," said Mauricio Rodriguez Munera, Colombia's former ambassador to Britain. "Hay is a richer experience and perhaps a more lasting one." "Of course the real power is in Davos" said El País editor Javier Moreno, who has attended both events in the past. "But in Hay, as in a good newspaper, you have the sense of a nation in dialogue with itself. Davos is all about capitalism in dialogue with itself." Over the long term, he said, the ideas expressed at Hay may prove more influential.
HAY FESTIVAL CARTAGENA 2016: some numbers Audience of 55.000 (events in Cartagena, Riohacha and Medellín), including 800 children 150 guests from 19 countries 25% of the audience had free access to the events 144 events in 4 cities (Cartagena, Medellín, Riohacha and Bogotá) Events in 6 municipalities from Bolívar, La Guajira and Magdalena 34 venues 400 journalists 600 trees of native species where planted after the festival to offset its carbon foot print
HAY FESTIVAL CARTAGENA: kids events and community work Hay Festivalito Comunitario is the children and young adults programme that we run together with the NGO Plan International. The events are organised at community centres of the barrios (deprived areas on the outskirts of Cartagena). The programme of events during festival days is the culmination of a year round work done with the children and their families. We run a reading skills programme called Crecer Leyendo (Reading whilst growing) that has benefited more than 15.000 children from the barrios since 2010. We have a dedicated programme for university students (Hay Joven) and give away 20% of available tickets free to students. We also work with SENA, a government training programme for adults, organising tailored event for them
HAY FESTIVAL México Zacatecas in 2010, Xalapa from 2011 till 2014 and Currently Querétaro Hay Festival s proposal includes the exchange with the readers, without any formalities: the celebration of the word. Milenio newspaper
2017 HAY FESTIVAL Querétaro Over 80 events 133 guests Audience of 27.000 Dedicated children s programme: Hay Festivalito Students programme: Hay Joven A dedicated programme for publishing profesionals: Talento Editorial
HAY FESTIVAL Segovia, since 2006 The festival is a journey towards knowledge, debate, the exchange of ideas, the building of civic society. The Hay Festival Segovia is a unique, exciting intellectual experience and a test to create a global network of debate. El País newspaper
HAY FESTIVAL SEGOVIA, SPAIN Data 2016-80 events - 145 guests - Audience of 25.000
HAY FESTIVAL Arequipa (Perú) since 2015 Hay Festival was destined to succeed because we had the telluric and civic environment of Arequipa, the beauty of the Andes, and with the incredibly passionate, intelligent and endless enthusiasm of Peruvian audiences Fernando Savater (philosopher) Some numbers: 15.000 people 68 events 82 writers
Some guests from the international festivals (from left) Mario Vargas Llosa and JMG Le Clézio Nobel prize winners (Literature) Gael García Bernal Actor and film maker (from left) Ricardo Piglia and Piedad Bonet Writers Hay Festival is a Renaissance style festival dedicated to fix humanity s problems through literature, science and philosophy whilst Davos gathering is more technocratic Hay is a more enriching experience and probably a longer lasting one. Reuters Joe Sacco Journalist and graphic novelist
THE 39 PROJECT: Bogotá, Beirut, Port Harcourt As one of the leading literature festivals in the world, Hay Festival has always been always been interested in highlighting and promoting new literary talent, and to this end, has collaborated with the UNESCO World Book Capital project so far in Bogotá, Beirut and Port Harcourt. The 39 Project consists of the selection of 39 writers under the age of 40 who have the potential and the talent to define the trends that will mark the future development of literature in a certain language or region. The Project materialized for the first time in Bogotá (2007), the second time in Beirut (2010), and most recently for the third time in Port Harcourt (2014). In both Bogota and Beirut, dedicated festivals were held to celebrate the project, and in Port Harcourt, the selected writers were invited to the Port Harcourt Book Festival for four days of literature, conversation and the love of books.
Selection of the 39 writers For Bogotá39, Beirut39, and Africa39, the selection of the 39 writers was made following these criteria: The writers were chosen by a panel of well known judges. The selected writers had to be under the age of forty. The selected authors needed to have at least one work published and show a potential for development. Publishers, literary agents and critics from all over the world are consulted to create the longlist of authors.
Legacy Bogotá 39, Antología de cuento latinoamericano Beirut 39, New writing from the Arab world 2007 Ediciones B, Colombia 2010 Hay Festival Bloomsbury Publishing Africa 39, New writing from Africa South of the Sahara 2014 Hay Festival Bloomsbury Publishing Mexico20, New Voices, Old traditions Pushkin press, 2015
AARHUS39 To celebrate Aarhus Capital of Culture in 2017, we have appointed a panel of three children s writers to work with us to select 39 of their peers under the age of 40 from across Europe. The aim is to establish an International Children's Literature Hay Festival - Aarhus 39 will take place in October 2017.
Two anthologies Partners : Acción Cultural Española and British Council
Promoting Children s writers abroad Make sure the authors books are published in the specific country Team up with schools. organisations, NGOs to make sure children are prepared Work with Embassies and specific country funding bodies How to tackle language issue consecutive translation. Type of events readings in both languages with illustrations, workshops.