, the sequel to the third-best selling console in history.

"If kids are still excited about books, then there's hope," she said."There's hope for that curiosity that we need to drive forward any kinds of progress and kindness in this world."

For Jade Bradford, from Hertfordshire, it was a life-long dream to attend Hay Festival.As a communications and engagement manager for a social housing provider in south Wales, writing is Jade's second job.After growing up seeing the Guardian's Hay Festival supplement every year when her dad would buy the paper, this year she was in attendance as a Writer at Work.

"Publishing, it can feel like a closed door sometimes and it's hard to know who you need to speak to, what it is you actually need, how you get an agent," the 39-year-old said.She said if audiences at events like Hay Festival were not representative they may not know their books are not diverse enough, or "that they need to hear other voices".

Jade added the festival's efforts

bringing in a younger audience and providing a space for all voices was "really making the difference".It will be at the top of Troopers Hill, Bristol, on 1 June, under an oak tree at Ashton Court, Bristol, on 4 June, and at the top of Glastonbury Tor on 18 June.

A £285,000 revamp of an Oxfordshire town's arts centre has been approved, along with an improvement plan for the venue.The money from Vale of White Horse District Council will be spent on refurbishing the Beacon Arts Centre, in Wantage.

As part of the action plan, food and drink offerings will be reviewed and "more co-ordinated" marketing will be carried out to boost ticket sales.But the council said fees and charges had already been increased at the venue - and would be reviewed again in the middle of the year to "assess if any further commercial opportunities exist".