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Bengaluru city’s celebration of reading and writing. SAVE THE DATE for the 15th Edition!
🗓 11-13 December 2026

Founded in 2012, as a non-profit trust, the Bangalore Literature Festival has had ten very successful editions to date with over 1500 authors and speakers from India and abroad participating. The Festival is India’s largest independent and community-funded literary conclave and Bengaluru city’s flagship annual literary and cultural experience focused on rekindling the romance with literature and fostering fine reading and writing, especially amongst the young population of the city.

21/08/2026

What if writing advice telling you to “stay focused” is actually getting in the way?

At 2025, Vir Das shared how he stripped every tangent from his book, only to realise that was precisely what made it work and put them right back in!

Check out his session ‘The Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits” on our YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/329FrlJIFLk?si=KtxcewUKVYjJtg4p

15/08/2026

This Independence Day, explore 5 books that dive into the incredible lives of lesser-known figures from India’s freedom struggle. What would you add to this reading list?

12/07/2026

Devdutt Pattanaik (Devdutt Pattanaik) was in conversation with Krish Ashok (Krish Ashok) at 2023 about Jainism and its philosophy of consumption.

📺 Watch the full session on our YouTube channel!

(Bangalore literature festival, Jainism, spirituality, Indian philosophy, ahimsa, Indian mythology)

30/06/2026

Kazim Ali responds to a question at 2025 on writing about identity being a wound or a weapon. What do you think?

28/06/2026

Saikat Majumdar talks about q***r aesthetics, teasing out q***r moments in straight lives in his writing, and really making q***rness mainstream.

📺 Watch his session and others on our PRIDE@BLF YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bDa_o3RVlHpxCjNb6532UwCgZYeGoav

21/06/2026

Minal Hajratwala makes a case for q***r perspectives expanding imagination for everyone.

📺 Watch her session on q***r lives and the law, and other such conversations on our PRIDE@BLF YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bDa_o3RVlH3kXT8y2EJE3GH7pfLKniX

18/06/2026

Which of these would your dad enjoy?

Check out our book and movie recommendations!

14/06/2026

Why is Parmesh Shahani optimistic about dispelling q***r ignorance?

📺 Watch his session on changing corporate culture in India for LGBTQIA+ inclusion at 2022.

Explore more such conversations on our PRIDE@BLF YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bDa_o3RVlH3kXT8y2EJE3GH7pfLKniX

12/06/2026

What does your lectory look like? 🤓

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http://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/

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