Amaxesha amaninzi, isenzo esinye sinxibelelana nesinye, kwaye ke, iindawo ezinkulu ziba yiparadesi kubahambi bangomso. Ityala elinjalo lenzeka ngo-1961, unyaka apho umthengisi weencwadi uRichard Booth wavula khona ivenkile esetyenziswayo kwidolophu yaseHay-on-Wye, kwiphondo laseWales le-Herefordshire.
Ukusukela ngoko ukuya phambili, akukho nto yayifana kwakhona, ngakumbi xa sithetha nge Idolophu eneencwadi ezininzi emhlabeni.
Abemi be-1500, amawaka eencwadi
Ngo-1961, umthengisi weencwadi ogama linguRichard Booth wavula ivenkile yeencwadi eyayisetyenziswa eHay-on-Wye, idolophu enabemi abangaphezu kwe-1500 eWales, e-UK. Kodwa uBooth, owayekwalungile kwintengiso, akazange ayithathele kuye ngokwakhe ukukhuthaza uncwadi ngethuba leminyaka yakhe edolophini, kodwa ngo-1977 wazama ukubhengeza "Kukho," njengoko babeqala ukuyibiza, kwidolophu ezimeleyo. Wazibhengeza njengenkosi.
Emva kokuthetha ngomlomo, ngakumbi kwiminyaka yee-XNUMXs, uHay waqala ukondla kwiivenkile zeencwadi de wafikelela kumaziko amabini apho kwaphawulwa imigca yendlela esecaleni yokuba ifundwe ngaphandle, iipatiyo zenqaba yakhe yamatye zaqala ukubamba iindawo zokufunda kwaye iminyhadala yoncwadi kunye neeklabhu zazihambisa iivenkile zokutyela kunye neendawo ezisebenzayo.
Ngexesha lokuphumelela njengabantu bibliophile, NgoJuni ka-1988 uhlelo lokuqala lweHay Festival lwenziwa, odumo lwayo luye lwasasazeka kwihlabathi liphela, lukwabanjwa kwizixeko ezinjengeBeirut, iNairobi, iCagagena de Indias okanye iSegovia, isixeko esiza kubamba uhlelo lwayo olulandelayo ngoSeptemba.
Idolophu apho kukho indawo eninzi yazo zonke iincwadi: ukusuka kwiicawa ukuya kwisikhululo somlilo, kwiipaki nakwezinye iindawo zangaphandle, ezinje ngeeLayibrari ezithembekileyo ezidumileyo, apho wonke umntu anelungelo lokufaka aze aqokelele incwadi yakhe ukuze abelane ngayo Kamva kule paradesi yeeleta apho abadumileyo abanjengoPaul McCartney okanye uBill Clinton sele bedlulile.
Ngaba ungathanda ukulahleka kule dolophu iintsuku ezimbalwa?