Our obsession with origin is a global danger, says Jhumpa Lahiri
Flawed desire to restore authenticity and purity is fuelling right in US, India and Italy, author tells Hay festival
News of the World paid women to sleep with celebrities, James Blunt says
Tabloid had women on payroll to get stories about people’s sexual performance, singer tells Hay festival
David Nicholls warns readers against trying to visit novel’s locations
Bestselling writer says Lake District sites in new book You Are Here are ‘genuinely all made up’
Hay festival drops main sponsor after boycotts over Israel and fossil fuel links
Literary event ‘suspends’ arrangement with Baillie Gifford after Charlotte Church and Nish Kumar joined performers pulling out
Anthony Horowitz: writers should not be told to make books more diverse
Children’s author tells Hay festival he is aware of need to be inclusive but it should not be imposed
Labour MP Dawn Butler withdraws from Hay festival in sponsorship row
Butler is among several writers refusing to appear at the literary festival over sponsor Baillie Gifford’s alleged involvement in ‘technology and arms in Israel’
Gary Lineker, Theresa May and David Nicholls join the Hay festival 2024 lineup
This year’s festival promises to be a ‘civic platform’, with a new series of daily news analysis, a debate about the Israel-Gaza war and an appeal to the younger generation
Rory Stewart, Jeanette Winterson and Marlon James announced for Hay festival 2024
The UK literary festival unveils 29 taster events next year and plans to focus on ‘global themes and the impact of issues on the world’
Libraries should be ‘ringfenced and protected’, Malorie Blackman says
Former children’s laureate tells Hay festival audience that her local library was essential to her career as a writer
Salman Rushdie to write a book about being stabbed on stage
Author tells Hay literary festival he needs to ‘get past’ the knife attack he suffered before writing anything else
Trump election reframed TV version of The Handmaid’s Tale, says Atwood
Hugely successful adaptation of dystopian novel began airing three months after 2016 US presidential election
Boys ‘mustn’t be afraid of female-led books’, says author Joanne Harris
Teaching must change to prevent violence against women, she said at Hay festival, also speaking on narratives of menopause
Using psychedelics for depression is exciting area, says ex-vaccines chief
Kate Bingham, who chaired UK’s Covid vaccine taskforce, tells Hay festival she hopes mind-altering drugs could treat mental illness
Rebecca F Kuang rejects idea authors should not write about other races
US novelist talks of ‘weird kind of identity politics in American publishing’ while at Hay festival
Elena Ferrante and Marian Keyes among authors competing in Eurovision book contest
As musicians prepare for the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, entries for its literary counterpart have been announced