Hay-on-Wye, or simply Hay, is a market town and community in Powys, Wales. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as a "town of books"; it is both the National Book Town of Wales and the si
The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts, or simply the Hay Festival, is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, for 10 days from May to June. Devised by Norman, Rhoda and Peter F
Hay-on-Wye
…Wales. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as a "town of books"; it is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site of the annual Hay Festival. The community had a population of 1,675 at the 2021 census. The town is twinned with Redu, a village in the Belgian municipality of Libin, and with…
Hay Festival crowds reading between sessions (2016)