Welcome to the House of Hay ... literally. Photograph: Elliot Smith So we've arrived in Hay-on-Wye, where everything is set fair - or at least sunshine and showers - for the literary festival that Bill Clinton once called "the Woodstock of the mind".
We'll be reporting, interviewing, blogging, recording, photographing, videoing and generally getting excited about a lineup including Julian Barnes, Fay Weldon, Hanif Kureishi, AL Kennedy, Jimmy Carter - and that's just the first weekend. You'll find extracts from some of the most exciting new writers coming to this year's festival, the secrets of the reading matter currently sitting on the bedside tables of the festival's biggest names, a daily podcast and much, much more.
We'll based in a house made of hay (geddit). For anyone who wants to come and say hello, just turn right at the sheep's milk ice-cream stand. You can't miss it. And for those who can't make it to the festival themselves, let us know if there's anything in particular you want to hear about, and we'll see what we can do.
