abstract:Peter Florence, MBE (born 4 October 1964), is a British festival director, most notable for founding the Hay Festival with his father, Norman Florence, funding the first festival with winnings from a poker game.Channel 4 The Hay Festival 2006 from Channel4.
The winner, announced ahead of the Hay Festival, was chosen by Everyman's Library publisher David Campbell, Hay Festival director PeterFlorence and broadcaster and author Jim Naughtie.
The 12 members of the task-and-finish group, who include Hay Festival director PeterFlorence, Lord Elis-Thomas AM and BBC broadcaster Roy Noble, are looking at nine topics.