Hay Festival (Thursday 2nd of June)

13315220_138403179902056_2476331013229078124_nOn Thursday the 2nd of June I was up in Hay-on-Wye at the amazing hay festival, this is an international literature festival that takes place every year, they go to asia, europe, america,etc. Anyway, I went to see the YA shortlist award. Surprisingly all of the authors but 2 and everyone else was funny and likeable, the line up was…

 

Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne

One by Sarah Crossan

Unbecoming by Jenny Downham

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo by Catherine Johnson

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Asking for It by Louise O’Neill

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Concentr8 by William Sutcliffe

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson

The winner was the book One by Sarah Crossan and I shall be reading and posting a review of this book shortly. I thought it was a great selection of books this year and think that you will enjoy all of them. I have just finished ‘the lie tree’ and ‘am I normal yet’ so reviews of these books will be going up shortly and please tell me if you have read any of the following books and tell me if you like them.

We also went to see a talk with Frances Hardinge – The lie Tree, Lynn Gardner – Rose Campion and Katherine Woodfine – Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow who have all recently written a murder mystery book. They were there talking about what makes a great mystery and so on and I found that really interesting.

Lastly, sorry for such a long blog post, of course, I got my books signed, I mean that is one of the joys of hay festival is going to see authors then getting your books signed, I just feel like the book suddenly feels more precious to you as it is now signed by an amazing and talented author!

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Hay Festival!!!

logo-hay-festivalYou may or may not have heard of the hay festival, it is an international literature festival. Anyway, there is a hay festival in Hay-On-Wye, Wales, and I am going to the festival this year. I went last year and there was a great line up, I went to see Chris Riddell, author of Goth Girl and Otteline, Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline, Stardust…. and Michael Morpurgo, author of Listen to the Moon, War Horse. This year there isn’t as good a line up, but I am going up on the Thursday (2nd of June) with my best friend and my mum. Weare going to see Frances Hardinge, author of Cuckoo song (check out my review for it) and the lie tree. Also we are going to see the YA shortlist award that will be announced live at Hay. I am so excited. Who ever wins the YA shortlist award, I will buy the book and write a review on it for you. I will write another blog post after I get back from Hay, tell me in the comments if you are going!!!!!