Literary Events

Delhi Comic Con 2023 was a dream come true for fans of comics, manga, anime, and all things geeky. The event, in collaboration with Crunchyroll, the world's leading anime streaming platform, unfolded its vibrant celebration from December 8 to 10, 2023, at NSIC Exhibition Ground Okhla, Delhi. The convention emerged as a colossal success, drawing in a staggering 46,000 attendees over the three action-packed days.

THE TWO VOICES was a panel discussion held during our art exhibition REDRAWING ARTSCAPES. Do authors from the smaller towns and cities receive less exposure than those from the metros? If such a chasm exists, what can be done to bridge this divide?

'Lines of Flight' was a poetry reading event held during our art exhibition REDRAWING ARTSCAPES. Poetry, like the visual arts and music, has an inherent propensity to defy definitions and demarcations. It is a 'line of flight' which "covers not only the act of fleeing or eluding but also flowing, leaking, and disappearing into the distance".

On July 4th, 2023, a book discussion group event took place at the India International Centre, centered around the recently published book by A.K. Bhattacharya titled "India's Finance Ministers: From Independence to Emergency (1947-1977)".

Day 2 of the Interfaces exhibition was marked by the launch of the book "Chappai Chhabi Vol. 2" and a poetry reading session. The event took place on the 24th of June at M. L. Bhartiya Auditorium, in the presence of renowned poets and guests.

A premier literary festival of India held annually on the beaches of Calicut. KLF is a non-aligned platform, committed to providing an open and liberal forums for debates and discussion to foster progressive discourses. KLF brings writers, thinkers and activists closer, to people of varied backgrounds and interests and empower writers, thinkers to take

The Kolkata Literary Meet - or Kalam, which is their preferred daaknaam - was overwhelmingly well-received when it debuted at the Kolkata Book Fair in January 2012. Their aim is to present writers from all over the globe writers of as many different genres as possible, alongside speakers representing India.

Described as the 'greatest literary show on Earth', the Jaipur Literature Festival is a sumptuous feast of ideas.The past decade has seen it transform into a global literary phenomenon having hosted nearly 2000 speakers and welcoming over a million book lovers from across India and the globe.

The first ever children's literature festival, 'Muskaan Literature Festival for Child authors' has been organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation which inaugurated on 10th of January. The festival is supported by Shree Cement and is being held in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, with Sahitya Akademi as knowledge partner.

Beautiful gardens and parks, the gulmohar in full bloom, the most salubrious weather - Bengaluru has always inspired creative thinkers and authors. The Bangalore Literature Festival celebrates this creative spirit of the city popular as the Garden City of India and commemorates the literary diversity it offers, bringing it in conversation with the best minds in the world of literature within and outside India.