Bangalore Literature Festival
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As cultural festivals go digital, organisers aim for global reach, hybrid online-offline presence in future
Migrating online for an event anywhere in the world now allows for more experts to be roped in for a global audience. However, the constant challenge for everyone is to stay ahead of the curve, make formats interesting, and program in-depth interactions that are as personal as possible.
New India Foundation opens applications for fellowships and Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize
The New India Foundation is now inviting applications for the NIF Fellowship and the 2020 edition of their annual Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize.
Vinod Kumar Shukla's Blue is Like Blue wins 2019 Atta Galatta Book Prize for Best Fiction
The Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2019 for Best Fiction has been awarded to Sahitya Akademi Award recipient Vinod Kuman Shukla for his book Blue is Like Blue, translated from the Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and Sara Rai, and published by HarperCollins India.
NIF Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize 2019 awarded to Ornit Shani's How India Became Democratic
The New India Foundation (NIF) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize was on Saturday awarded to political and modern Indian history scholar Ornit Shani for her book How India Became Democratic: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise.
Bengaluru's wide range of literature festivals caters to diverse literary tastes and age-groups of bibliophiles
Bengaluru has always been known for its literary bent of mind, and has become quite the hub for niche literature festivals. The city hosts festivals dedicated entirely to poetry, children’s literature, business literature, women authors, and of course, literature across genres.
Bangalore Literature Festival 2018: #MeToo, the rise of Donald Trump dominate conversations on Day 2
Day 2 of the Bangalore Literature Festival started off with a bang, as Shashi Tharoor spoke about his latest book
Bangalore Literature Festival 2018: Section 377 to Dalit politics, Day 1 brings insights to the fore
The 2018 Bangalore Literature Festival kicked off on the lawns of The Lalit Ashok on Saturday, 27 October, and Day One saw a lot of interesting sessions.
Jaipur Literature Festival responds to petition seeking strong stand on #MeToo, promises safe space for all
The organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival have said that it condemns sexual harassment and gave details about its internal complaints committee.
Bangalore Literature Festival 2018: From panel discussions to much awaited LitMart, there is much to look forward to
From the LitMart for aspiring authors to panel discussions on poetry, history, politics, crime and more, to discussions on the burning issues of the day and dedicated children’s literature specials, the 7th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival has so much on offer
Bangalore Literature Festival turns seven: How a crowd-funded fest channeled a city's love of books
A crowd-funded literature festival soon to have its seventh edition is fearless about going where no one has gone. Here is what The Bangalore Literature Festival means to the city.
Bangalore Literature Festival: Twinkle Khanna wins Popular Choice Award
Twinkle Khanna bagged the Popular Choice Award at the sixth edition of Bangalore Literature Festival for her book The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad.
Bangalore Literature Festival 2017: Kanhaiya Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Rahul Dravid part of lineup
Bangalore Literature Festival 2017 will take place on 28 and 29 October. Its lineup also includes Ramchandra Guha, Girish Karnad among others.
How the Bangalore Lit Fest was thrown off the rails by the chowkidars of literature
The Bangalore Literature Festival is a centrist event that should have been welcomed for not being “one more of the same”. Instead the intolerance of the ‘liberals’ almost killed the event.
How the 'Intolerati' got the Bangalore Literature Festival: Sampath debate turns nasty ahead of LitFest
The spate of withdrawals and stepping-down associated with the Bangalore Literature Festival has sparked a verbal bloodbath in the media and on social media. Literary folks can be more expressive than most, and they are holding nothing back as they snipe, swipe, and take potshots at each other
Vikram Sampath steps down from Bangalore Literature Festival's organising committee
After four writers backed out of the Bangalore Literature Festival over their objections to statements he made, founder director Vikram Sampath has decided to step down from all his responsibilities at the Festival.
Opposition against intolerance: Four writers back out of Bangalore Literature Festival
Four writers have backed out from the Bangalore Literature Festival after its director, Vikram Sampath, revealed that he is against writers returning their awards,
