Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF 2024): Online Tickets, Venue, Schedule, Awards

In 2024 The Bangalore Literature Festival is going to be held on December 14 & 15. 

The 13th edition of Bangalore Literature Festival 2024, invites over hundreds of book lovers, authors, and speakers. The Bangalore Literature Festival is held in the month of December, Every year. 

The Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 is expected to involve 100+ speakers. The Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 is going to took place on December 14 & 15, 2024. Bangalore Literature Festival is one of the top literature festivals celebrated with a large number of attendees and participants. The Program was scheduled from 10 am in Bangalore. 

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Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 Highlights

Dates 

December 14 & 15, 2024

Venue

The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore

Timings 

9 am - 8:30 pm

Official Website 

https://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/



Bangalore Literature Festival Dates and Venue 

The Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 is going to take place on December 14 & 15, 2024. The two-day Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 will be held at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore. 

At the Lalit Ashok, various programs in 2023 were held at 6 different venues as given below: 

  1. Gandhada Gudi 
  2. Raajakumara 
  3. Yuvaratna 
  4. The Red Couch 
  5. Seonee 
  6. Malgudi

 

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Bangalore Literature Festival Registration fees

All events held at the Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 are free of cost until indicated. However, you must register yourself before the event to stay updated through emails. One-time registration allows the visitors to attend the two-day event. 

Register Here

Note: 

  • Because of the large crowds, parking might not be available at the venue. Please plan to arrive early.
  • Free Shuttle service available from vidhan soudha metro station to the venue.
  • You can buy Food and drinks from the hotel's food counters.
  • There will be many water dispensers available. However, It would be great if you bring your own bottle to help reduce the use of paper cups.
  • Preventative safety measures will be implemented.
  • There will be no live streaming of the sessions.. However, recordings of the event will be made available on our YouTube channel after a few days. 

Bangalore Literature Festival Schedule

To enjoy the two-day literary fest the Bangalore Literature Festival has planned an event with 200+ speakers and authors to keep you all engaged. It also gives the stage for the screenplay writers to showcase their work to renowned filmmakers. Here the writers can join the stage to pitch their stories to a panel of publishers, editors, and agents. The Program Schedule for the Bangalore Literature Festival is announced you can check for below given link.

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BLF Speaker List 

Below is the list of few speakers for BLF 2024: 

Speakers (Column 1)

Speakers (Column 2)

Speakers (Column 3)

Aabhaas Maldahiyar

Abdul Rasheed

Abhijeet Banerjee

Aditya Sondhi

Aienla Ozukum

AJ Thomas

Akshat Gupta

Ami Ganatra

Amit Chaudhuri

Amrita Shah

Amrita Tripathi

Aneeta Sundararaj

Anil Ananthaswamy

Anil Menon

Anita Anand

Anjula Bedi

Annabel Mehta

Anne Feenstra

Anuja Chandramouli

Anupam Manur

Anupreeta Das

Anuradha SenGupta

Anushka Jasraj

Aparajith Ramnath

Appupen

AR Venkatachalapathy

Arcopol Chaudhuri

Aruna Roy

Arunava Sinha

AT Boyle

Aunohita Mojumdar

Bachi Karkaria

Benedict Paramanand

C.K. Venkataraman

Catherine McNamara

CH Raghunath

Chandan Pandey

Charu Nivedita

Chetan Bhagat

Cheyenne Olivier

Chiki Sarkar

David Puig

Deepa Kannan

Deepthi Talwar

Devangi Bhatt

Dhanya Rajendran

Douce Dibondo

Durjoy Datta

Ed Smith

Gajra Kottary

Gautam Bhan

Gautam Kotamraju

Geeta Vasant

Girish Kasaravalli

Githa Hariharan

Gurcharan Das

H. S. Shivaprakash

Hameeda Syed

Harini Nagendra

Harish Bhat

Harish Vasudevan

Hema Ravichandar

Huligappa Kattimani

Ila Arun

Ira Mukhoty

Jack Sim

Jagannathan R

Jahnavi Barua

Jamal Ouazzani

Janaki Lenin

Jayant Kaikini

Jayapriya Vasudevan

Jeet Thayil

K. Hari Kumar

Kadir Özdemir

Karthik Muralidharan

Karthika V. K.

Kavita Kane



Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Award 

At the Bangalore Literature Festival every year, Atta Galatta honors the best and brightest Indian writers. They celebrate and honor the literary achievements of writers through the Atta Galatta- Bangalore Literature Book Prize along with the Bangalore Literature Festival. 

Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Award is divided into 9 categories as follows: 

  • Fiction 
  • Non-Fiction
  • Popular Choice 
  • Best Cover design
  • Children's Fiction 
  • Children's Non-Fiction 
  • Picture Book-Story 
  • Picture Book-Illustrations
  • Literary Achievement in Kannada

The winners of the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Award are given Original Trophy- Thought Beyond Words. 


Do you Write Books?

Then come visit the Bangalore Literature Festival LitMart.

At the Bangalore Literature Festival, LitMart aspiring authors are given an opportunity to showcase their book ideas to editors and Publishers. 

How? 

  • Visit the official website of the Bangalore Literature Festival.
  • Click on the Apply link on the page. 
  • Through the Online form submit details about your book ideas.
  • Details such as A 250 - 500 Word proposal covering the story idea, background, characters, and summary with a small clip of your writing. 

The books can be both Fictional or Non-Fictional in English only. 

Once all entries are received the panel will shortlist 25 finalists and 10 waitlisted finalists. These 25 finalists will be given a chance to pitch their book idea to the jury panel, get feedback and connect with great publishers. 


LitMart Pitch Format 

The Pitch can be submitted in any way that gives it the best suit like storytelling, Short video, slide deck, short play or musical, dance, etc. However, ensure that the pitch is within 3 minutes. 

And be prepared for some Q&A sessions from the Jury on the stage with the live audience to cheer you up. 


BLF FAQs

Ques: when and where will the Bangalore Literature Festival take place? 
Ans: The  Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 is going to take place on December 14 - 15.  The two-day Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 will be held at the Lalit Ashok, Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore. 

Ques: What is the cost of attending the Bangalore Literature Festival 2024? 
Ans: All events held at the Bangalore Literature Festival 2024 are free of cost until indicated. However, you are required to register yourself to confirm your presence. 

Ques: What is the highest literary prize in India?

Ans: The highest literary prize in India is the Jnanpith Award. It is given annually for the best creative literary writing to writers in any of the 22 "scheduled languages" recognized in the Indian Constitution.


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