List of literary festivals in India
This is a list of notable literary festivals in India. (The list is non exhaustive)
Andhra Pradesh
- Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF),[1] first held on 21 June 2008
Arunachal Pradesh
Delhi
- Bookaroo Festival of Children's Literature,[7] since 2008
- Delhi Literature festival (February), since 2013[8]
- Jashn-e-Rekhta (December), an Urdu festival, since 2015
- Rainbow Literature Festival[9] (November), since 2019
- Times LitFest, at the India Habitat Centre, since 2015
Goa
- Goa Arts and Literature Festival (December), since 2010.
Kerala
- Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters, since 2018.
- Kerala Literature Festival (January/February), since 2016.
Maharashtra
- Gateway Litfest (February/ March), since 2015.
- Tata Literature Live (November), since 2010.
- Times Litfest (December), since 2012.
Odisha
- Kalinga Literary Festival, since 2013 at Bhubaneswar.[10]
Tamil Nadu
- Lit for Life (January), since 2010.
- Chennai Literary Festival (January), since 2014.[11]
- Queer Lit Fest, Chennai (July), since 2018, at Chennai.[12]
Telangana
- Hyderabad Literary Festival (January), since 2010.[13]
Uttar Pradesh
- Lucknow Literary Festival (February), since 2013.
- AMU Literary Festival (March), since 2015.
- Gorakhpur Literary Fest, since 2018.
- Purvanchal Literary Festival, since 2018.
- Bundelkhand Literature Festival, since 2020,
Uttarakhand
- Valley of Words (November), since 2017. Also has a phygital, virtual experience since 2020.
- Dehradun Literature Festival (August), since 2016.
West Bengal
- Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, since 2010.[14]
- Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob, since 2015.[15]
References
- "Guntur hosts 9th International Poetry Festival". The New Indian Express. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- 2018
- https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/arunachal-pradesh/how-a-motley-crew-has-come-together-to-organise-arunachal-pradeshs-first-literature-festival-5255032/
- "The Arunachal Literature and Art Festival underlined the importance of highlighting indigenous voices - The Hindu". The Hindu.
- https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2018/11/29/arunachal-literature-fest-2018-begins/
- "Assam's first lit fest, the Brahmaputra Literary Festival, starts tomorrow in Guwahati". Hindustan Times. Jan 27, 2017. Retrieved Jun 20, 2019.
- Bookaroo Festival of Children's Literature
- "Delhi Literature Festival 2018 is back with a diverse list of speakers". The Hindustan Times. February 16, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- Rainbow Literature Festival
- "Kalinga Literary Festival, Mayfair Hotel, Bhubaneswar (2020)". www.findglocal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- "Chennai Literary Fest to raise toast to Tamil writers". Deccan Chronicle. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- "Queer lit fest in city to promote Tamil writing". Daily Thanthi. Jul 2, 2018. Retrieved Jul 2, 2018.
- "Hyderabad Literary Festival from January 26". The Hindu. January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- "60 speakers to attend Apeejay Kolkata Lit Fest in Jan". The Business Standard. December 12, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- "Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsav News | Read Latest Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsav News, Breaking News - News18 Bengali". bengali.news18.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
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