Travel and place feature strongly on the bill for the Hay Festival at Hay-on-Wye (May 22–June 1), which was announced this week. Speakers include Robert Macfarlane, talking about his latest book Is A River Alive?, James Rebanks (The Place of Tides), Simon Armitage (on Dwell, his new collection of poems inspired by the diversity of habitats at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall), Meg Clothier (The Shipping Forecast), Dan Richards (Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark), Philippa Forrester (Wild Woman), Sarah Lonsdale (Wildly Different), Rob Cowen (The North Road), Michael Malay
(Late Light: The Secret Wonders of a Disappearing World), Horatio Clare (We Came by Sea), and Nicola Kelly (Anywhere But Here). For details and the full schedule, see the festival website.