This key port and hub of Ukraine's steel industry was captured after a devastating siege and bombardment that lasted almost three months in 2022.
bringing in a younger audience and providing a space for all voices was "really making the difference"."I'm seeing younger people, more ethnically diverse people, a lot of really good queer representation happening... and that's really, really important," she said.
"We're seeing a more modern Wales perhaps being represented whilst not losing that classic literary approach."We have a really rich national history of literature and there's nothing wrong with being middle-class, there's nothing wrong with really literary writing like classic books."There's just a place for all of our different types of writing. That's the most important thing."
A highlight of Jade's week at Hay was going to see curator, writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun "on a panel of black voices talking about black history", while another standout was attending a talk with the writerShe said if someone were to tell her childhood self that she could go somewhere and meet writers, breathe the same air as Jacqueline Wilson and then in the future become a writer herself, "her head would explode".
This year was also Rhys Thomas' first time at Hay Festival.
He had a "full circle" moment watching poet John Cooper Clarke take to the stage, after first seeing him while working at his local festival aged 16.In April, he announced a 20% tariff - or import tax - on most EU goods, but later cut this to 10% to allow time for negotiations. Trump expressed frustration with the pace of talks and threatened to raise the tariff rate to an even higher level of 50% as soon as 1 June.
But last week he wrote on social media that he was pushing his deadline back to 9 July, after a "very nice" call with Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief.Two bridges have collapsed overnight in separate incidents in Russian regions bordering Ukraine, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more.
State media said the collapses were being probed as "acts of terrorism".A road bridge came down in Bryansk, bringing several heavy trucks onto a moving passenger train late on Saturday, the regional governor said.