List of literary festivals in India

India is an ancient civilization, it has undergone huge change and served varied rulers and dynasties, and different communities, religions and culture have all found home in India. All this has given India a huge amount of literary material and it is one of the world’s largest consumers of literature; Indians reportedly read the most in a single day than anybody else in this world. This has led to an explosion of novels published and a plethora of literary festivals.

There are many literary festivals held in India.[1] A non-exhaustive list is set out below, including dates when a festival is usually held (where available).

Andhra Pradesh

Guntur International Poetry Festival (21-22 September 2016) [2] [3] [4]

Assam

Bihar

Patna Literature Festival (14–16 February 2014) [7]

Chandigarh

Chandigarh Literary Festival (23–24 November 2013) [8]

Delhi

Delhi Literature Festival (8–10 January 2016) [9]

Jashn-e-Rekhta (February) [10]

Goa

Goa Arts and Literature Festival (GALF) (10–13 December 2015) [11]

Carpe Dictum: BITS Goa's literary festival (First weekend of November)

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu Literary Festival (7–9 May 2015)[12]

Karnataka

Bangalore Literature Festival (28–29 October 2017) [13]

Kerala

Kochi International Book Festival (1 - 10, December 2017), Ernakulathappan Grounds, Kochi [14]
Kochi Litfest (7-10, December,2017) Ernakulathappan Grounds, Kochi

Kerala Literature Festival (8-11 February 2018) [15]

Madhya Pradesh

The NLIU Literary And Quiz Fest [16]

NOIDA

Global Literary Festival

Maharashtra

Pune International Literary Festival (2–4 September 2016) [17]
Gateway LitFest (Feb 25-26, 2017) http://www.gatewaylitfest.com

Odisha

Kalinga Literary Festival (Annually in June)
Odisha Literary Festival (10–11 October 2015)[18]

Rajasthan

Ajmer Literature Festival [19]
Jaipur Literature Festival (21–25 January 2016) [20]

Tamil Nadu

Chennai Literary Festival (8–10 February 2015)
Lit for Life (15–17 January 2016) [21]

Telangana

Hyderabad Literary Festival (7–10 January 2016)[22]

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow Literary Festival (19-21 February)[23]
Taj Literature Festival (26–28 December 2016)[24]
AMU Literary Festival (3-5 March 2017)

Uttarakhand

Kumaon Literary Festival (11–15 October 2016) [25]

Dehradun Literature Festival (17- 18 February 2017) - Festival Director Anurag Chauhan https://m.facebook.com/DLF2017/

http://www.theweek.in/columns/Shobhaa-De/voice-of-sanity.html

http://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/uttarakhand/community/doon-lit-fest-begins-today/365118.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/piysuh-mishra-suchitra-krishnamoorthy-major-attractions-at-dehradun-lit-fest/articleshow/57225374.cms

http://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/uttarakhand/community/dehradun-literature-festival-commences/365659.html

West Bengal

Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (14–17 January 2016)[26]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.outlooktraveller.com/hot-list/top-6-literary-festivals-in-india-1006409
  2. ↑ https://www.gunturpoetryfestival.com
  3. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2016/sep/22/Guntur-hosts-9th-International-Poetry-Festival-1522232.html
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/poetry-festival-at-jkc-college-from-sept-19/article6411494.ece
  5. ↑ http://brahmaputraliteraryfestival.com
  6. ↑ http://www.rivertalks.in
  7. ↑ http://www.patnaliteraturefestival.in
  8. ↑ http://www.chandigarhliterati.com
  9. ↑ http://delhiliteraturefestival.org
  10. ↑ "Jashn-e-Rekhta 2017: Celebrating Urdu | Three-day Urdu festival". jashnerekhta.org. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  11. ↑ http://www.goaartlitfest.com
  12. ↑ http://news.statetimes.in/jodhmal-to-host-3-day-jammu-literary-fest-2015/
  13. ↑ http://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org
  14. ↑ http://www.bookfestkochi.org
  15. ↑ http://www.keralaliteraturefestival.com
  16. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/nliulitquizfest/
  17. ↑ http://pilf.in
  18. ↑ http://www.eventxpress.com/odisha2015/
  19. ↑ http://ajmerlit.org
  20. ↑ https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org
  21. ↑ http://www.thehindulfl.com
  22. ↑ http://hydlitfest.org
  23. ↑ http://lucknowliteraryfestival.com
  24. ↑ http://www.tajliteraturefestival.com
  25. ↑ http://kumaonliteraryfestival.org
  26. ↑ http://www.aklf.in
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