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Hay Festival 2009
June 05, 2009
There are five things I love more than anything in the world.
1) Puffins (obviously)
2) Books
3) Music
4) Cakes
And, more than anything, I love:
5) FESTIVALS!!!!!!
Mud, wellies, tents, polka dot pac-a-macs – I actually can’t get enough! And last week, I was very excited to be going back to one of my favourite festivals of all, the Hay Literature Festival. Now the Hay Literature Festival isn’t a normal festival with sweaty rock bands. Nor is it a festival which has anything to do with bales of hay. It’s a big 9-day festival in a little town called Hay-on-Wye which is all about . . . BOOKS!
Picture books, grown-up books, gritty teen books, travel books, quiz books, survival books, big books, small books – every kind of book imaginable! And people travel from miles around to come to Hay-on-Wye and meet the authors of all these fabulous books, including Puffin authors!
David Gilman was there, talking about his new book Blood Sun and leading a survival quiz to see who in the audience could survive in the desert, mountains or jungle (can you?). Leo Hickman was there talking about the planet, jellyfish and all things green. Fantastic author/illustrator Ed Vere read us the story of Mr Big, the piano-playing gorilla and then taught us how to draw a Mr Big of our own.
And then there were doughnuts and jam and all things krazy! Yes, it could only be the arrival of Jeremy Strong, popping by Hay as part of his Big Jam Explosion tour. Jeremy was so popular, he had to be moved to a bigger venue, which was the same venue as Jaqueline Wilson, Desmond Tutu and the Archbishop of Canterbury!
Jeremy spoke to over 900 people - and then of course he had to sign books for 900 people too!
It was a VERY big queue, and a VERY sore hand!
By the end of the week, authors, children and Puffins alike had all had lots of fun, and we were all very sad to leave Hay-on-Wye and go back to our homes. But not for long – the Edinburgh Book Festival is coming in August and it’s safe to say, I cannot wait!
Sophie Stott
Puffin Publicity
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