CURTAIN RAISES FOR THE SEVENTH EDITION OF KERALA LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2024

The seventh edition of Kerala Literature Festival is all set to begin from 11 – 14 January 2024 on the beaches of Kozhikode. With the reverberating success of KLF 2023 and a footfall of half-a- million, KLF has today become Asia’s Largest Literature Festival. Organised by DC Kizhakemuri Foundation and co- promoted by DC Books, KLF 2024 will feature Nobel laureates, Booker prize winners, literary luminaries and celebrities. Renowned Writer, Prof. K Satchidanandan is the Festival Director.
Spanning across four days, in 6 venues at the Kozhikode beach in Kerala, the Festival will feature 400+ global speakers. The event will be inaugurated by the Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan.
The seventh edition of Kerala Literature Festival is expected to be a grand celebration of literature and culture with Turkey as the guest country of honour, featuring their literature and art forms. Apart from this, UK, Wales, Spain, Japan, USA, Malaysia, Spain, France will be the other participating countries. The initial list of speakers includes, Arundhati Roy, Mallika Sarabhai, Shashi Tharoor, Piyush Pandey, Prahlad Kakkar, William Dalrymple, Gurucharan Das, Mani Shankar Aiyer, Catherine Ann Jones, Monika Halan, Durjoy Dutta, Manu S Pillai. The Festival will also host concerts by TM Krishna and Vikku Vinayakram; Surbahar and Sitar concert by Padmabhushan Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee.
The sessions at KLF aim to map literature through discussions on Science & Technology; History & Politics, Environment, Literature, Business & Entrepreneurship, Health, Art, Cinema, Theatre, Music & Leisure, Travel & Tourism, Gender, Economy, and various facets that shape human consciousness.
The registrations for KLF 2024 are now open. Head to https://www.keralaliteraturefestival.com/registration_all.aspx to register.

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