– Hay Poetry Gala –
Damian read from Allie Esiri’s 365 Poems for Life at this year’s Hay Festival of Literature and Arts. There was a star-studded line-up of poets and performers reading uplifting poems from the collection on the Global Stage on Friday, May 30, 2025, and award-winning curator and poetry host Allie Esiri introduced each segment.
Damian read Walking Away by C. Day-Lewis:
Other readers included Simon Armitage, Gillian Clarke, Theresa Lola, Nina Sosanya, Juliet Stevenson and Joelle Taylor.
The Hay-on-Wye festival ran from Thursday, May 22, 2025 through Sunday, June 1, 2025, which was located at Dairy Meadows, Brecon Road, Herefordshire, Wales. The festival strives to bring readers and writers together to inspire, examine and entertain.
A curated selection of the most popular Hay Festival 2025 events will be available to watch live online and on replay until June 2, 2025. Get your online pass below:
For more information, please visit Hay Festival’s website here.