Great reading on the Hay Festival

Check out the Guardian's Culture Vulture blog for amazing articles on children's books at the Hay Festival. Here's what you'll find:

• The Lightning Thief wins the 26th Red House Children's Book! Hooray for The Lightning Thief!
• Michelle Pauli (darn her) talks to the wonderful Geraldine McCaughrean. Here's what McCaughrean says about writing, "'It's free, you can go anywhere in the world, surround yourself with all the people you most want to have around you and make it turn out exactly how you want... It puts you on a par with God'"
• Michelle Pauli (again, darn her) is highly impressed by a panel discussion led by Meg Rosoff, Louisa Young, and Eleanor Updale.
• Michelle Pauli (should I say it again?) covers Jacqueline Wilson's talk at the Festival.
• Andrew Dickson listens to Michael Morpurgo's talk.