The Hindu Lit for Life: Festival Director Rachna Singh Davidar on what to expect at the 2025 edition
1 week, 1 day ago

The Hindu Lit for Life: Festival Director Rachna Singh Davidar on what to expect at the 2025 edition

The Hindu  

At The Hindu Lit for Life, it has been over a decade of orchestrating scintillating conversations between authors and readers who devour books. In its latest edition, set to take place on January 18 and 19, we go behind the scene with Rachna Singh Davidar, the festival director, to understand what it takes to build a literature festival. I’d spent many years running event-based bookstores, and organising a literature festival seemed a natural extension of that. We didn’t set out to privilege South Indian literature or culture over all other cultures as we have always seen ourselves as an International festival based in Chennai. Festival favourite Shashi Tharoor returns with his new book, A Wonderland of Words, Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan will talk to us about the quest for immortality, we have the eloquent novelist Abraham Verghese who’s book, The Covenant of Water has been a huge bestseller around the world, social media influencer, Prajakta Koli’s debut, a love story set in the world of books.

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Report: Koshala Literature Festival
2 days, 19 hours ago

Report: Koshala Literature Festival

Hindustan Times  

Apart from kababs, the Imambara and chikankari, Lucknow is famous for its syncretic culture. Somya Singh, Malavika Rajkotia and Saurabh Kirpal discuss equality in India Ira Mukhoty and Eric Chopra The first session took a deep dive into the history of Awadh with historian and writer Ira Mukhoty talking about her book, The Lion and the Lily: The Rise and …

The Hindu Lit For Life to feature celebrated speakers, curated discussions, workshops, and more
4 days, 22 hours ago

The Hindu Lit For Life to feature celebrated speakers, curated discussions, workshops, and more

The Hindu  

The Hindu Lit for Life, The Hindu’s annual literature festival, is just around the corner. The literature festival will have Dr. Abraham Verghese, Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann, Shashi Tharoor, Peter Frankopan, Nalini Malani, Amal Allana, Sunitha Krishnan, and Aruna Roy, to name a few, as speakers. In addition to various curated discussions on politics, current affairs, sport, culture, and other …

Books, writers have been guiding light in times of defeat: Pawan Kalyan
6 days, 11 hours ago

Books, writers have been guiding light in times of defeat: Pawan Kalyan

The Hindu  

In times of defeat or other lowest moments in his life, he always turned to books for solace and strength, and without reading he could not have reached where he is today, Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan said, while speaking at the inauguration of the 35th Vijayawada Book Festival. Addressing a large crowd, mostly youth who had come to …

35th Vijayawada annual book festival to begin today
1 week ago

35th Vijayawada annual book festival to begin today

The Hindu  

The 35th Vijayawada Book Festival is all set to begin at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium on January 2. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, the Vijayawada Book Festival Society members said Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan would inaugurate the annual festival. More than 230 publishers and literary organisations would take part in the 11-day festival, ending on …

Bangalore Lit Fest unites bibliophiles over ideas, creativity
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Bangalore Lit Fest unites bibliophiles over ideas, creativity

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The 13th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival, a much-anticipated annual gathering for book lovers, opened its doors on Saturday, drawing bibliophiles from across the city. While ‘Why we die’ featuring Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan in conversation with historian Manu Pillai, explored the profound topic of mortality, ‘Parde ke Peechhey’, a fascinating session with Ila Arun, actress Anjula Bedi, …

Karisal lit fest an occasion to celebrate people of the land, says MP Kanimozhi
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Karisal lit fest an occasion to celebrate people of the land, says MP Kanimozhi

The Hindu  

“The ‘Karisal,’ festival celebrated in Virudhunagar district is not just a ceremonious event, but an occasion to remember and celebrate the people and culture of the land through art and literature created by various writers,” said Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi. The festival which is being held in Virudhunagar, she said brings to fore the livelihood, culture, language, food practices of people …

Pune book festival to open with record-breaking feat, 600 stalls and literary extravaganza
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Pune book festival to open with record-breaking feat, 600 stalls and literary extravaganza

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Book Festival, offering a diverse literary feast with 600 book stalls, cultural events, the Pune Children’s Film Festival, workshops for students, and a lit festival, will be inaugurated today at 5:30 PM by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The event features over 600 stalls showcasing books in Indian languages, the release of more than 80 books, literary sessions, cultural …

Literature Festival of India 2024 Ends with Engaging Conversations
1 month ago

Literature Festival of India 2024 Ends with Engaging Conversations

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Crime Literature Festival of India, 2nd Edition, reached its zenith with powerful sessions, heartfelt moments, and a celebration of creativity and justice on its third and final day. The highlight of the day was the session Beyond the Screen: Film, Identity, and Social Justice, featuring acclaimed filmmaker Anubhav Sinha in conversation with Festival Director Aloke Lal. Festival …

Chandigarh Lit Fest kicks off with launch of book on Ratan Tata, talks on freedom struggle
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chandigarh Lit Fest kicks off with launch of book on Ratan Tata, talks on freedom struggle

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh, The 12th edition of the Chandigarh Lit Fest — Literati 2024, a vibrant celebration of literature, art, and creativity, began here on Saturday with the launch of a book on late Ratan Tata. Chandigarh Lit Fest kicks off with launch of book on Ratan Tata, talks on freedom struggle The two-day festival is organised by the Chandigarh Literary Society, …

Madurai Children’s Literary Festival 2024 celebrates books, stories, and art
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Madurai Children’s Literary Festival 2024 celebrates books, stories, and art

The Hindu  

Madurai’s young and aspiring readers prepare to celebrate books, stories, and art through the annual literary event, Oru Oorla — Madurai Children’s Literary Festival. Staying true to our core beliefs and buoyed by the positive feedback, we are committed to making the Madurai Children’s Literature Festival better each year. The two-day literary festival, running from 9am to 5pm, has over …

Ludhiana: Poets takes centre stage on Day 3 of Punjabi literature fest
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Poets takes centre stage on Day 3 of Punjabi literature fest

Hindustan Times  

The third day of the literature festival organised by the Punjabi Sahit Akademi featured recitations from poets, including Surjit Judge, Harminder Koharwala, Vijay Vivek, Ratan Singh Dhillon, among others, dedicated to the traditions of the Punjabi month. Akademi head Sarabjeet Singh provided an overview of the literature festival. The akademi also honoured Chinmay Jagga, a 16-year-old author, and Satnam Singh, …

Book Brahma Literature Festival 2024 kicks off
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Book Brahma Literature Festival 2024 kicks off

The Hindu  

Book Brahma Literature Festival 2024 began on Friday at the St. John’s Auditorium, Koramangala, launching a three-day celebration of literature, art, and cultural dialogue. Speaking at the inaugural conference, Satish Chapparike, Director of BBLF 2024, highlighted the festival’s mission to foster a literary culture that transcends boundaries and celebrates the diversity of south Indian languages and traditions. The inaugural session, …

Amitabh Bachchan to be brand ambassador of reading festival
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Amitabh Bachchan to be brand ambassador of reading festival

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been chosen as the brand ambassador of the Mahavachan Utsav 2024 to be held from July 22 to August 30 in the state. Through this initiative, the state school education department aims to foster a love for extracurricular reading among students. Amitabh Bachchan The primary goals of this festival are to inculcate a reading culture …

Coimbatore Book Festival begins on July 19
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Coimbatore Book Festival begins on July 19

The Hindu  

Pick up the Tamil translation of Gabriel Marcia Marquez’s classic Love in the time of Cholera or Salman Rushdie’s Victory City and participate in an engaging discussion on a modern poet’s commentary on Avvaiya’r poems and more at the eighth edition of Coimbatore Book Festival. “For publishers and authors, it’s a great opportunity to interact with readers and understand their …

Book Brahma Literature Festival 2024 in Bengaluru from August 9 to 11
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Brahma Literature Festival 2024 in Bengaluru from August 9 to 11

The Hindu  

Book Brahma, a portal on Kannada literature, is organising a three-day ‘Book Brahma Literature Festival 2024’ from August 9 in the city. After releasing the #BBLF-2024 poster, veteran writer and researcher Hampa Nagarajaiah, one of the mentors of the festival, said there will be four tracks of panel discussions that will be held parallelly. The purpose of this festival is …

Report: Banaras Literature Festival 2024
8 months ago

Report: Banaras Literature Festival 2024

Hindustan Times  

Sitting at Assi Ghat in Banaras and watching the Ganga flow calmly past is an experience that’s not to be missed. The session entitled India Now and In Transition – The Way Forward for Indian Democracy comprised writers Omair Ahmad and Utpal Kumar, moderator Atul K Thakur, writer Ghazala Wahab, and academic Banibrata Mahanta. The panel for the following session, …

Two-day LU lit fest begins today
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Two-day LU lit fest begins today

Hindustan Times  

The University of Lucknow is all set to organise its first literature festival on March 16 and 17. The LU campus in Lucknow “It will be a celebration of language, literature, and culture that is expected to take place at this much anticipated festival, which will bring together well-known writers, poets, academics, and readers from all over the country,” said …

Lit fest nation | Why are literary gatherings mushrooming in India?
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Lit fest nation | Why are literary gatherings mushrooming in India?

The Hindu  

Jitlal, the auto driver I meet outside Hotel Clarks Amer, isn’t entirely sure what the big event that has taken over his city is about. A festival in every city Jaipur Literature Festival was launched in 2006 with just 18 authors Down south, The Hindu Lit Fest debuted in 2010 as a one-day event In Arunachal Pradesh, the Ziro Literary …

2024 Jaipur Literature Festival gets off to a colourful start with call to promote ‘literary tourism’
11 months, 1 week ago

2024 Jaipur Literature Festival gets off to a colourful start with call to promote ‘literary tourism’

The Hindu  

The 17th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival got off to a colourful start in Jaipur on February 1 with a call to promote “literary tourism”, which will boost the economy, widen people’s horizons and support a wide range of genres, languages and cultures. “Five days of the JLF do more for tourism than what the State government does for …

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | As it happened
11 months, 1 week ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | As it happened

The Hindu  

January 27, 2024 12:23 pm | Updated January 28, 2024 02:15 am IST For the last 11 years, The Hindu Lit Fest has celebrated literature and its many facets, playing host to authors and performers, culture icons and eminent professionals. The 12th edition of The Hindu’s flagship event, The Hindu Lit Fest 2024, was held at the Sir Mutha Venkatasubbarao …

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024, Day 1 | Chennai’s literary carnival off to a grand start
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024, Day 1 | Chennai’s literary carnival off to a grand start

The Hindu  

The Hindu’s team of journalists brings the celebration to you in this form of a live update. Gandhi played in India’s freedom struggle and the daring life of freedom fighter Chidambaram Pillai, the conversation also pivoted to the expectations of India’s economic growth by 2047. For more details, This is the 12 th edition of The Hindu’s flagship event and …

Registrations open for The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 workshops
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Registrations open for The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 workshops

The Hindu  

As part of The Hindu Lit Fest 2024, a variety of curated workshops will be held on January 26 and 27 at Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall on Harrington Road. Date: January 26 Time: 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Age group: 15-17 years Registration fee: ₹799 How to be a pro smartphone photographer A workshop to master mobile photography …

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Historian Ramachandra Guha’s memoir on his relationship with his editor Rukun Advani
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Historian Ramachandra Guha’s memoir on his relationship with his editor Rukun Advani

The Hindu  

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, historian Ramachandra Guha found himself unable make his quarterly trips to the archives that nourished and punctuated his writing. Stranded, he “took recourse” to his personal archive, specifically, his correspondence with Rukun Advani, his editor of long standing at Oxford University Press who went on to found the imprint Permanent Black. You …

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Award-winning novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on her first non-fiction book, ‘An Uncommon Love’
11 months, 4 weeks ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Award-winning novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on her first non-fiction book, ‘An Uncommon Love’

The Hindu  

Sometimes changing your mind can teach you a new trick or two. When I was asked by my publisher if I’d be interested in writing a biography of the early years of author Sudha Murty and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, I turned down the offer right away. In the process, I discovered something very interesting: writing non-fiction isn’t that different …

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024: championing free speech, democracy, and a pluralism of expression
1 year ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024: championing free speech, democracy, and a pluralism of expression

The Hindu  

For over a decade now, The Hindu Lit Fest has celebrated literature and its many facets, playing host to authors and performers, culture icons and eminent professionals. Beyond books As always, The Hindu Lit Fest, 2024 will go beyond books, expanding to include conversations that turn the spotlight on some incredibly important and urgent issues — from sessions on the …

Bibliophiles revel in a lit weeked at Bangalore Literature Festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Bibliophiles revel in a lit weeked at Bangalore Literature Festival

Hindustan Times  

The 12th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival, which took place over the weekend, saw close to 30k people come together to discuss and delve into all things literature. Bangalore Literature Festival was graced by around 20,000 attendees and over 300 speakers this year Speaking to us about the festival this year, organiser V Ravichandar says, “The festival has grown …

Bangalore Literature Festival 2023: Where stories come alive
1 year, 1 month ago

Bangalore Literature Festival 2023: Where stories come alive

The Hindu  

“Lit fests are mythical beasts come alive — hundred-headed, multilingual, come-hither, magic-carpeting into all directions,” says Shinie Antony, festival director of the Bangalore Literature Festival. The 12th edition of the festival, which will be held in the city between December 2-3, promises to be as interesting as the editions before, offering an eclectic, diverse set of sessions that, as the …

Delhi Literature Festival 2023: 11th edition to begin on March 17 | DETAILS
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi Literature Festival 2023: 11th edition to begin on March 17 | DETAILS

India TV News  

Delhi Literature Festival 2023: The famous literature gala will commence on March 17 this year. Union Minister Bhupender Yadav will inaugurate the Delhi Literature Festival which is dedicated to India's Presidency at the G20 this year. Union Minister Bhupender Yadav to inaugurate the literature festival Historian William Dalrymple, filmmaker and designer Muzaffar Ali, singer Hans Raj Hans, and writer Anand …

Jaipur in Rajasthan to host 2-day literary festival from Feb 19
1 year, 10 months ago

Jaipur in Rajasthan to host 2-day literary festival from Feb 19

Hindustan Times  

A two-day literary festival in Rajasthan's Jaipur from February 19 will bring together authors from across the country, officials said on Wednesday. Jaipur in Rajasthan to host 2-day literary festival from Feb 19 'Shahrnama Kahani: Apne Shehro' is being organised by the Prabha Khaitan Foundation in collaboration with the Rajasthan Tourism Department. During the festival, authors who have written books …

Report: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Report: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023

Hindustan Times  

Going by the 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival held from January 19 to 23 this year, the “greatest literary show on earth” seems to have settled comfortably in its new home – Hotel Clarks Amer. Among these were novelist Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell of the 2022 International Booker fame; Zen Buddhist priest and fiction writer Ruth …

Inside Jaipur Literature Festival 2023: authors share quirks, anxieties and more
1 year, 11 months ago

Inside Jaipur Literature Festival 2023: authors share quirks, anxieties and more

The Hindu  

Pomp and splendour and teeming crowds define the Jaipur Literature Festival now. British novelist Lawrence Norfolk had once described JLF as “part circus, part post-graduate seminar and part revolutionary assembly”. During her session on her novel The Book of Form and Emptiness at the 16th edition of the festival, American-Canadian author Ruth Ozeki reveals the delightful story behind her name. …

Alexandra Pringle: ‘I don’t like writing that is showing off’
1 year, 11 months ago

Alexandra Pringle: ‘I don’t like writing that is showing off’

Hindustan Times  

At the Jaipur Literature Festival, you are in conversation with Abdulrazak Gurnah, Howard Jacobson, Charlie Redmayne, Milee Ashwarya, and Hemali Sodhi on three different panels. With Abdulrazak Gurnah, I look forward to discussing the journeys of his life and work – how he grew up in Zanzibar with the sea all around him, watching boats come and go, plying their …

A Literature Festival Set To Rock The Capital
1 year, 11 months ago

A Literature Festival Set To Rock The Capital

News 18  

India has achieved extensive growth in literary creation across the globe along with emerging as one of the largest in literary consumption. PragatiEVichaar Literature Festival celebrates this literary ecosystem through organising numerous valuable sessions by eminent and empowering speakers from 9th January 2023 till 14th January 2023. The hybrid literature festival will see esteemed orators, speakers, authors who shall impart …

The Bangalore Literature Festival was a comforting sign of the return to normalcy
2 years, 1 month ago

The Bangalore Literature Festival was a comforting sign of the return to normalcy

The Hindu  

The first time I went to a literature festival, the guests included Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Tom Wolfe, Anita Desai, David Lodge, Peter Ustinov, Harold Pinter. Watch | Highlights of the Bangalore Literature Festival 2022 The return of the lit fest has been both stealthy and noisy. “We are 200 cultures divided by a common frame of reference.” Translations, Booker …

Thousands attend over 100 events at Bangalore Literature Festival
2 years, 1 month ago

Thousands attend over 100 events at Bangalore Literature Festival

The Hindu  

After two years of low-key festival, the Bangalore Literature Festival took place on a large scale this year and saw thousands attend. While the last two editions took place in a hybrid mode, this year, literature enthusiasts took part in over 100 events that were organised on the lawns of Lalit Ashok over the weekend. Among many others, Booker prize …

Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) 2023 to be held from Jan 12-15
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) 2023 to be held from Jan 12-15

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Over 400 eminent speakers including world-renowned writers, thinkers, historians, nobel laureates, and actors are expected to take part in the sixth edition of Kerala Literature Festival to be held at Kozhikode beach from January 12-15, 2023. The literature festival is rich with the presence of invitees from Turkey, Spain, the USA, Britain, Israel, New Zealand, US, the Middle East, …

Cultural fest Kaarva'n-Virasat 2022 to celebrate Hindustani art and literature
2 years, 2 months ago

Cultural fest Kaarva'n-Virasat 2022 to celebrate Hindustani art and literature

Hindustan Times  

Acclaimed actors Saurabh Shukla, Piyush Mishra, Rajesh Tailang, celebrated poet Ashok Chakradhar, and folk singer Prahlad Singh Tipanya among others will be participating in the upcoming "Cultural Kaarva'n -- Virasat 2022" by Jashn-e-Adab Foundation, starting October 28. Cultural fest Kaarva'n-Virasat 2022 to celebrate Hindustani art and literature The three-day festival, organised by Jashn-e-Adab Sahityotsava in association with the Ministry of …

Neev Literature Festival: Nurturing a love of reading
2 years, 2 months ago

Neev Literature Festival: Nurturing a love of reading

Hindustan Times  

If you are an adult who reminisces about growing up surrounded by books, you would have loved attending the Neev Literature Festival in Bengaluru on September 24 and 25. A very young reader at the Neev Literature Festival Co-founded by Kavita Gupta Sabharwal, Ameen Haque, Rasil Kaur Ahuja and Sneha Iype Verma, this year’s festival with its theme of “Reading …

Neev Literature Festival 2022
2 years, 3 months ago

Neev Literature Festival 2022

The Hindu  

The annual Neev Literature Festival, which celebrates children’s books, will be back physically after being online for the last two years due to the pandemic. “The profession of children’s writing must also become more financially sustainable in India,” says Kavita Gupta Sabharwal, co-founder and curator of the festival. “The Neev Literature Festival in its sixth edition aims to evangelise the …

Indian Film Festival of Melbourne to celebrate Ranveer Singh’s 83, Kapil Dev to be the guest of honour
2 years, 6 months ago

Indian Film Festival of Melbourne to celebrate Ranveer Singh’s 83, Kapil Dev to be the guest of honour

Firstpost  

Set to take place in the Victorian capital the festival is set to take place from 12-20 August 2022 both in person and virtually. One of the world’s leading and biggest Indian film festivals is coming back physically this year. The’ Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’ which for the last two years was held virtually will make its physical comeback …

India Art Festival: Here's what 6 self-taught artists have to share
2 years, 9 months ago

India Art Festival: Here's what 6 self-taught artists have to share

Firstpost  

The India Art Festival has acquired a unique space for exhibiting and promoting independent artists and their works. It’s the core of the philosophy behind this work: Everything ends where it begins.” Kanpur-based Neha Dua presenting her artwork Nikita Thakur, 34, Mumbai A contemporary abstract artist from Mumbai, Nikita feels that she’s able “to break free from the set processes …

What on-ground literature festivals like JLF mean to first-time authors: 'Getting your book out finally feels real'
2 years, 9 months ago

What on-ground literature festivals like JLF mean to first-time authors: 'Getting your book out finally feels real'

Firstpost  

Jaipur Literature Festival this year was all the more special also because it gave several first-time authors, whose books released during the pandemic, the chance to talk about their work. Other than giving people who had been cooped up in their homes for the last two years a reason to get together and celebrate, the JLF this year was all …

Sucheta Dasgupta | Festival of ideas
2 years, 9 months ago

Sucheta Dasgupta | Festival of ideas

Deccan Chronicle  

Let me start my JLF diary this year with an epigram I just put together: Words are magic and writers are sorcerers of the mind. No doubt, it is why the fifteenth edition of a rejuvenated Jaipur Literature Festival, which moved to its new home of Hotel Clark Amer from the storied precincts of Diggi Palace, has witnessed a footfall …

Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 Begins Today With An Exciting Hybrid Model
2 years, 10 months ago

Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 Begins Today With An Exciting Hybrid Model

News 18  

Hailed as the ‘greatest literary show on Earth’, the Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 opens today in a hybrid avatar ensuring both its on-ground magnificence as well as its nifty virtual presence. Namita Gokhale, author and Festival Co-director, called the festival a stage “which reflects the rich diversity of India and the splendours of world literature.” Expressing his delight with the …

Delhi Literature Festival 2021: Day 6 sessions to watch out for feature Deanne Panday, Durjoy Datta, Yasser Usman among others
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Literature Festival 2021: Day 6 sessions to watch out for feature Deanne Panday, Durjoy Datta, Yasser Usman among others

Firstpost  

The ninth edition of the Delhi Literature Festival has drawn to a close. On the sixth and final day, the festival will host five sessions: 12 pm - 1 pm: Author Kevin Missal, known for his titles such as Hiranyakashyap: The Narasimha Trilogy Book 2 and Raavanputr Meghnad: The Price of Lanka will be in conversation with columnist Pallavi Kamakshi …

The Friday List: From literature festivals to a walk through Kolkata's lanes, your weekly calendar of virtual events
3 years, 10 months ago

The Friday List: From literature festivals to a walk through Kolkata's lanes, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Firstpost  

Compiled by Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe Two literature festivals happening simultaneously on virtual platforms is as much a joy for bibliophiles as a testament to the shift in our consumption patterns in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. When: 21 February Where: Sahapedia’s — Virtual literature festivals In keeping with the increasing shift to the virtual medium in the wake of the …

How to attend three lit fests this week without stepping out of your home
4 years ago

How to attend three lit fests this week without stepping out of your home

Live Mint  

In pre-covid times, it would have been impossible to be physically present at multiple events in a city at the same time—let alone at events spread all over the country. Some of the marquee speakers include primatologist Jane Godall, economist and politician Meghnad Desai, environmentalist Janaki Lenin, writer Maya Lang, politician and writer Shashi Tharoor, former intelligence officer Vikram Sood …

How to attend three lit fests this week without stepping out of your home
4 years ago

How to attend three lit fests this week without stepping out of your home

Live Mint  

In pre-covid times, it would have been impossible to be physically present at multiple events in a city at the same time—let alone at events spread all over the country. Some of the marquee speakers include primatologist Jane Godall, economist and politician Meghnad Desai, environmentalist Janaki Lenin, writer Maya Lang, politician and writer Shashi Tharoor, former intelligence officer Vikram Sood …

The Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2020: From the history of cricket to the implications of AI on societies, sessions to look out for on Day 6
4 years, 1 month ago

The Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2020: From the history of cricket to the implications of AI on societies, sessions to look out for on Day 6

Firstpost  

The Tata Literature Live! In the morning, readers can look forward to a panel discussion with bestselling authors Andrei Kurkov, Markus Zusak, Milena Moser where they will explore the reasons for the rise of dark themes in novels written by young writers in a session titled No Birds Sing. Later in the day, the fest will host a panel discussion …

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