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The Week Hay Festival comes to India
Thursday, October 14, 2010 05:19:05 PM,
IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: The Week Hay Festival, the world
famous annual convention of authors, thinkers and performers, will
make its India debut here Nov 12.
This year's Festival line-up boasts of names like Mani Shankar
Aiyar, Rosie Boycott, Gillian Clarke, William Dalrymple, Tishani
Doshi, Sonia Faleiro, Sebastian Faulks, Bama Faustina and Bob
Geldof, a press release Thursday said.
Lyndy Cooke, executive director of the Festival, said it offered a
great opportunity to celebrate literature from around the world,
including Kerala and India.
The Week Hay Festival, in collaboration with Teamwork Productions,
is an annual event showcasing the best of world of literature,
with access to regional and international literary figures.
This year's festival will also host musical concerts and present a
delectable range of Kerala cuisine. It will witness more than
forty events over three action-packed days.
The musical highlight of the Festival will be a performance by Bob
Gedolf, Irish singer and songwriter of rock band The Boomtown
Rats.
Sanjoy K Roy, MD of Teamwork Productions, said they were delighted
to be collaborating with Hay Festivals Worldwide, and hoped to
attract literature lovers from across the world.
"The beaches and back waters of Kerala will form an extraordinary
setting for an exciting event - a beach festival of literature,"
said Roy.
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