Literary festival
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A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and fostering a love of literature and writing.
Writers' conferences, although similar to literary festivals, are sometimes designed to provide an intellectual and academic focus for groups of writers without the involvement of the general public.
There are many literary festivals held around the world. A non-exhaustive list is set out below, including dates when a festival is usually held (where available).
- Asia-Pacific
- Adelaide Writers' Week, held during the Adelaide Festival of Arts
- Brisbane Writers' Festival, September 29-October 2
- Hong Kong Book Festival, November 17-19, 24-26
- Hong Kong International Literary Festival, March 7-15
- Kitab in India (see Pablo Ganguli)
- Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival, July 29-31
- Melbourne Writers' Festival, August 19-28
- Newcastle, New South Wales National Young Writers' Festival, September 28-October 2
- Perth Writers' Week, February 23-1 March
- Singapore Writers' Festival, October 26-September 4
- Sydney Writers' Festival, May 23-29
- Europe
- Cheltenham Literature Festival, October 6-15
- Edinburgh International Book Festival, August 13-29, coinciding with the general Edinburgh Festival
- Folkestone Literary Festival, September 20-25
- The Hay Festival, May 27-June 5
- Oxford Literary Festival, April 10-17
- Peak Literary Festival, October 25 -Nov 5 /May 25 -June6
- Prague Writers Festival, June 3-10
- Word About Town, Hastings, November 15-20
- Middle East
- Majestic Petra
- North America
- AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Georgia, September 1-3, 2006
- Brattleboro Literary Festival, October 6-8, 2006
- Burlington Book Festival, September 15-17 2006
- Litquake, San Francisco, October 9-17
- Midwest Literary Festival, Aurora, Illinois, September 10-11
- New Orleans Literary Festival, March 30-April 3
- Toronto International Festival of Authors, annually in October
- Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival, annually in October
- The Women Writers Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, April 20-23, 2006
- Russia
- Jewel of Russia
