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Three Years of Hay
HAY Festival Dhaka, now in its third year, is fast building a reputation as a fresh energetic new festival, and the consistent midNovember dates are making it a steady fixture on the global literary map. The festival gives a chance for our enthusiastic, argumentative and political savvy audiences to interact with top literary names like Tariq Ali, Ahdaf Soueif and Pankaj Mishra. It has already given rare exposure to the international scene for our readers and writers of both Bangla and Engish literature, as well as catalyzing the English reading scene here.
We have grown from a one-day event to a full three day programme spanning four locations. Our total partici-
pants have increased by five fold since the first year, and visitors from abroad by ten fold. This year four Bangladeshi publishing houses are launching English fiction and translations, and we have seen the emergence of two English literary journals.
Global publishing companies are signing up and publishing Bangladeshi authors, and we are making unprecedented links with the literary scene abroad, from interest by UK agents to links with a range of other international festivals and
renowned literary journals. We also see the launch of the first centre for translation in Bangladesh, and a focus on Bangla and other languages for an international audience.
Over 230 thinkers, writers, filmmakers, poets, artists and dancers will come together in the next few days, to dare to dream and re-imagine the world, and reflect on that which connects us all as readers, writers and global citizens. With more than 75 sessions this year, I lay Festival Dhaka is really an event on the literary calendar of Dhaka thatyou should not miss. Do come and join us for this three-day literary extravaganza.
— Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi and
Tahmima Anam
Ehe Hay Dhaka started ifs journey from the British Council grounds in Fuller Road, November 2011. A pilot that was so successful that it took Peter Florence, Director of I lay by surprise. But it was no surprise to me. As the
love of good literature is something that has deep roots in Bangladeshi culture, equal to none other than the English! In P.G.
Wodehouse's words 'There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a
mutual taste in literature."
It gives me enormous pride and pleasure to support the third I lay Festival in Dhaka. There is so much that our two countries can learn from each other and share more widely
onto the world from this platform - the 1 lay Festival.
Rosemary Arnott
Director
British Council