The 14th edition of the Bengaluru Literature Festival (BLF) will be held on December 6 and 7, this time at Freedom Park.
This edition will have four stages- three children’s venues and a bookstore. It will feature close to 300 international, Indian and city authors and speakers.
Big names
Leading names at the festival are International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq, British crime writer Clare Mackintosh, tech journalist and AI chronicler Karen Hao, American poet and novelist Kazim Ali, award-winning Australian playwright Julie Janson, author and MP Shashi Tharoor, author and chairperson of The Hindu Group Nirmala Lakshman, essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra, bestselling writers Amish, Anand Neelakantan, Chetan Bhagat, and Shobhaa De, comedian and actor Vir Das, among others, the BLF said.
The festival will open at 9 a.m. with morning music on both days. Entry is free, open to all and registration is recommended, the BLF said.
