Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.

Kaja has selected a bunch of brilliant bookish gifts for the readers in your life, with each purchase supporting an indie press or bookshop in Wales.

Ireland has launched a landmark Basic Income for the Arts pilot providing €325 per week to 2,000 artists and cultural workers. The scheme has reduced financial anxiety, increased creative productivity, and strengthened Ireland’s cultural economy. Wales can lead the UK by introducing a similar initiative. We urge the Welsh Government to: • Commission a feasibility study to explore a Welsh version of Ireland’s programme. • Design a 3-year pilot offering a regular basic income to at least 1,000 Welsh creatives. • Fund and evaluate the pilot through Creative Wales, in collaboration with the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Government’s Basic Income Evaluation Team.

As the publisher celebrates an important milestone, we chart its journey from an ‘expensive hobby’ to an international household name

A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland has been named Hay Festival Book of the Year 2025 after hundreds of book lovers nominated their favourite titles of the year online.

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