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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and fostering a love of literature and writing.
Writers' conferences are sometimes designed to provide an intellectual and academic focus for groups of writers without the involvement of the general public.
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There are many literary festivals held around the world. Notable literary festivals include:
Africa
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Nigeria
- Port Harcourt Book Festival, October[1]
- Chinua Achebe Literary Festival, November
Asia
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Asia-Pacific
Australia
- Adelaide Writers' Week, March
- Newcastle, New South Wales National Young Writers' Festival, September/October
- Perth Writers' Festival, February/March
- Sydney Writers' Festival, May
Bangladesh
- Hay Festival Dhaka, November
China
Hong Kong
India
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- Chandigarh Literati, November
- Dehradun Literature Festival, February
- Delhi Poetry Festival, January
- Gateway Litfest, February/March
- Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF), July
- Jaipur Literary Festival, January
- Jashn-e-Rekhta, Urdu literary festival held annually in New Delhi
- Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF), July
- Lit for Life, January/February
- Lucknow Literary Festival, February/March
- Ma Literature Festival, January/February
- Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters[2][3][4]
- Queer LitFest, Chennai (QLF), July/September
- Wayanad Literature Festival (WLF), Biennale, December
Indonesia
- Jakarta International Literary Festival (JILF), August
- Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF), held annually at Ubud, Bali
- Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF), held annually at Makassar
Malaysia
- George Town Literary Festival
- Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival, July
Nepal
Pakistan
- Islamabad Literature Festival, April
- Karachi Literature Festival, February
- Lahore Literary Festival, February
- Sindh Literature Festival, January/February/March
Singapore
- Singapore Writers Festival, October/November
Sri Lanka
- Galle Literary Festival, January
Middle East
Israel
United Arab Emirates
- Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, held annually in Dubai
Europe
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
- Authors' Reading Month, July (held in Brno, Wroclaw, Kosice, Lviv, Ostrava)
- Prague Writers Festival, June
Denmark
- Louisiana Literature, August
England
- Black British Book Festival, October[5]
- Bradford Literature Festival, June/July
- Bridport Literary Festival, November
- Cheltenham Literature Festival, October
- Chester Literature Festival, October
- The Children's Bookshow, autumn
- Creative Folkestone Book Festival, November
- Harrogate International Festivals Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, July
- Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival, April
- Jewish Book Week, February/March
- Liverpool Literary Festival, October
- Manchester Literature Festival
- The North London Literary Festival, March/April
- Oxford Literary Festival, Spring
- Peak Literary Festival, October/November or May/June
Finland
France
- FestivalandCo, held in Paris at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore
- Rencontres aubrac, Aveyron
Germany
- Berlin International Literature Festival, September
Ireland
Italy
- Festivaletteratura, held in Mantua, at the beginning of September
Norway
- Norwegian Festival of Literature, Lillehammer, is the largest literature festival in the Scandinavian countries since 1996
Poland
- Conrad Festival, Kraków, October. The largest literary festival in Central Europe.
Scotland
- Edinburgh International Book Festival, August, coinciding with the annual Edinburgh Festival[6]
- Wigtown Book Festival[7][8]
Sweden
- Göteborg Book Fair, Gothenburg, Sept
- WALTIC, Stockholm
- The Stockholm Writers Festival (Entering it's ninth year)
Switzerland
- Openair Literatur Festival Zürich, Zürich, held annually since 2013
Turkey
- Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival, held in Istanbul, at the beginning of May
Wales
- The Hay Festival, May/June
North America
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Canada
- Banff Mountain Book Festival, October/November
- Eden Mills Writers' Festival, Eden Mills/Guelph, Ontario
- Festival of Literary Diversity, Brampton, Ontario
- The Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick, April
- Toronto International Festival of Authors, October/November
- Winnipeg International Writers Festival, September
- The Word on the Street, several cities
- Wordfest, Calgary, Alberta, October
Mexico
- Guadalajara International Book Fair, November/December
United States
- Boston Book Festival, October
- Brooklyn Book Festival, September
- Burlington Book Festival, September
- Children's Literature Festival at the University of Central Missouri, March
- The Curwood Festival, Owosso, Michigan, June
- Hollywood Book Festival, July
- Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, September
- Litquake, San Francisco, October
- Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, California, April
- Miami Book Fair International, Miami, Florida, November
- National Book Festival, September
- New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans, April
- OC Book Fair, Tustin, California, November
- Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival, New Orleans, March
- Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas, fall
- Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, Arizona, March
Caribbean
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
- Bocas Lit Fest, April
South America
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Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
- Trujillo Book Festival, Trujillo, March
References
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Further reading
- Driscoll, Beth. "Sentiment analysis and the literary festival audience." Continuum 29.6 (2015): 861-873.
- Driscoll, Beth, and Claire Squires. "Serious fun: Gaming the book festival." Mémoires du livre/Studies in Book Culture 9.2 (2018).
- Johanson, Katya, and Robin Freeman. "The reader as audience: The appeal of the writers' festival to the contemporary audience." Continuum 26.2 (2012): 303-314.
- Ommundsen, Wenche. "Literary festivals and cultural consumption." Australian Literary Studies 24.1 (2009): 19.
- Robertson, Martin, and Ian Yeoman. "Signals and signposts of the future: Literary festival consumption in 2050." Tourism Recreation Research 39.3 (2014): 321-342.
- Murray, Simone. The adaptation industry: The cultural economy of contemporary literary adaptation. Routledge, 2012.
- Stewart, Cori. "The Rise and Rise of Writers' Festivals." A Companion to Creative Writing (2013): 263-277.
- Weber, Millicent. "Conceptualizing audience experience at the literary festival." Continuum 29.1 (2015): 84-96.
- Weber, Millicent. Literary Festivals and Contemporary Book Culture. 2018.