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The Hay Festival of Literature and Arts originated in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales, which is lovingly known as The Town of Books. After starting small, the Hay Festival grew rapidly and later festivals included live performances and film previews. The latest development is that the festival is now international with sister festivals taking place in various locations around the world, including Nairobi, Segovia and Cartagena de Indias in Colombia.
The 2010 Cartagena Hay Festival will run from the 28th to the 31st of January 2010. The festival will be the fifth of the series held in Cartagena and promises to feature an outstanding mix of local and international authors and artists, including Ian McEwan and Manu Dibango. Festival events will be held in various locales like the Plaza Aduana, the Theater Adolfo Mejia and the Plaza Santa Domingo and tickets can be purchased online at the festival's own website.
An associated event is the online National Short Story Competition that is organized especially for young adults of secondary, higher and further education levels across Colombia and the prizes for the best stories will be handed out during the festival. The festival is not only aimed at students, however, and adults and, where appropriate, children are also encouraged to attend.
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Manu Dibango
Photo by Espace Michel Simon
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The types of events that will be featured at the 2010 festival include panel discussions between international literature personalities on topics such as "The Blog as a Journalistic Account" and individual author sessions covering subjects like "Darwin and the Arts". International authors, poets and other literary figures will be on hand to teach, stimulate and provoke their listeners and will come from such far-flung places as France (digital visionary Francis Pisani), Britain (Rosie Boycott, journalist and advisor to The Lord Mayor of London) and Spain (author Manual Vicent). Translation services will be provided for the benefit of the listeners at all of the conversations, panel discussions and lectures.
One of the highlights of the festival will be the Plaza Aduana performance to be given by the internationally renowned Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango. Dibango is an expert in traditional African music styles as well as funk and jazz and will be leading his group in his inimitable "afrobeat-sax star" style. He will also be seen in conversation later in the festival.
The 2010 Hay Festival in Cartagena, Colombia promises to be a spectacular event that shouldn't be missed.
More information an tickets you will find on www.hayfestival.com.
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