Stephanie Green's Literary Festival Photo Journal
Hay on Wye
My absolute favourite..so far. But here are some snaps from my May 2006 photo journal which I hope capture some of its distinctive character:
Well of course, there's the thousands of book shops, bargains and Tall Stories, which leads to
husband on book buying spree alert
Some non-bookish areas: not all Hay types are desk-bound all the time, the sartorial code for Hay and dare I say, who knows what goings-on in the Writers and Sponsors tent?
Much hugging, as you probably guessed (Peter Florence plus X, a well-known gliterati -i.e. not me) but I can recommend the champagne jelly.
The Welsh Poets contingent: 1) IwanLlwyd, Christine Evans, Nigel Jenkins; 2) that joke didn't seem to go down too well; 3) note to self, 'Relax'.
1)Poet and friend from my Carno days, Chris Kensey. 2) Ruth Bidgod. Much admired poet and a great honour to be on same platform with her.
To end, you may have heard about the wind, rain and mud? Not too bad in 2006 - festival field still mainly green but note on our B and B's door, shows they take no chances.