In collaboration with the Eurovision Song Contest, the Hay Festival announced a special one-off contest for its 2023 edition with readers across the world encouraged to send in their own votes. On May 25, 2023, the organizers of the United Kingdom’s premier book festival will announce a list of 37 books – one from each of the participating Eurovision countries …

Have you ever thought about literature in the same terms as the Eurovision Song Contest? For instance, how Martin Amis of the United Kingdom may fare against Nikos Kazantzakis of Greece in a literature battle, or if Annie Ernaux of France would earn douze points against Ireland’s John Banville? Then Hay Festival 2023 has just the contest for you – …