Talking books at hay festival. Hay has been inviting audiences to talk, to think, to read and to reflect for 30 years. Over ten days 250,000 people will rub shoulders with some of the worlds greatest writers, thinkers and performers. All here in the beautiful surroundings of the Brecon Beacons in wales. Today im talking to the australian author tim winton, who once compared writing to surfing. Hes written 28 books for adults and children and his latest, the boy behind the curtain is about his childhood growing up in Western Australia and the impact thats had on his work. Applause now, most writers dont have a fish named after them. Most writers dont have their face on a postage stamp. But then tim winton is not most writers. He wrote his first novel, an open swimmer, when he was just 19 years old, and hes gone on to write nearly 30 more books for adults and children, all very different, but to my mind, all sharing an ear for language, and an eye for the natural landscape, and hes pulle
Change in Public Sector pay policy, despite several Cabinet Ministers including the foreign secretary borisjohnson, calling for the 1 pay cap to be scrapped. James bird kuchar, the Northern Ireland secretary, says a deal can be reached despite the deadline being missed. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Well have the latest developments on president trumps war with the media on 100 day plus at 7pm. A report into seven decades of Child Abuse Injersey claims that children in the islands care system may still be at risk. Well speak to a former Chief Minister at 8pm. And well have the first look at tomorrows front pages at 10. 1i0pm with christopher hope, chief Political Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and Financial Times correspondent miranda green. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to wimbledon sportsday, im katherine downes. Opening the show andy murray