City of Literature Prepares for Kerala Literature Festival

Immerse in literary bliss at Kerala Lit Fest in UNESCO City of Literature, Kozhikode. 500 speakers, 300 sessions, diverse themes. Join the celebration!

on Jan 11, 2024

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The event, which will take place at its customary setting on Kozhikode's beach, will bring an exciting lineup of speakers from throughout the country and overseas to the city.

Over the next four days, Kozhikode, the city of music, food, and sports, will literally live up to its new name, City of Literature.

The seventh edition of the Kerala Literature Festival, the first since UNESCO designated Kozhikode a City of Literature, begins on Thursday. The event, which will take place at its customary setting on Kozhikode's beach, will bring an exciting lineup of speakers from throughout the country and overseas to the city.

This year's KLF will feature approximately 500 speakers and 300 or so sessions. Raghuram Rajan, Kailash Satyarthi, William Dalrymple, Piyush Pandey, Prahlad Kakkar, Shashi Tharoor, Anita Nair, Perumal Murugan, Abraham Verghese, Resul Pookutty, T.M. Krishna, T.P.
Sreenivasan, Mallika Sarabhai, P. Sainath, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, Amish Tripathi, Alka Pande, Prakash Raj, Sheela, Shakeela, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Brinda Karat, Pal
Over the years, the festival has focused on more than only literature. Along with talks about books and authors, prior editions addressed a wide range of themes.

This year's festival will continue the tradition, with topics including philosophy, artificial intelligence, theatre, current literature, start-ups, and entrepreneurship.

The children's programme is a new addition. This year's target country will be Turkey. Cultural performances, such as music and dance, will also take place, as will film screenings. But, for once, the emphasis will be on the written word, and the writers will be feted by what should be large crowds.