Gujarat Literature Festival

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Gujarat Literature Festival

Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav is the largest literary event dedicated to Gujarati literature. Literary stalwarts and young writers share the stage. Topics of sessions range from classical literature to new age experiments by young writers.

Promotion of reading and writing; creation of contemporary literature in the Gujarati language is the core focus of GLF.

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1350 +
Speakers
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Events

Movement

GLF is a movement to protect and conserve our linguistic, literary and cultural identities in an increasingly globalized world. Free thought and expression are the pillars of a resilient society and a vibrant democracy. GLF’s purpose is to reignite the youths' interest in reading, writing and cerebral pursuits.

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Event

It is a five-day literary festival that takes place in the winter months in Ahmedabad. A language, genre and ideology neutral platform. Without any biases or prejudice, GLF welcomes all.

DIVERSE

The diversity of language, literary types and cultures, exposes both readers and other creators to newer and varied forms of expression. This results in interesting debates and experiments in creativity.
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MULTILINGUAL​

Most lit-fests in India and the Anglophonic world are exclusive by nature – all about English book writers and their latest works. We have re-invented the way readers in Gujarat connect to literature. We have experimented with programming in languages like Gujarati, English, Hindi, Urdu, Rajasthani, Malayalam, Bengali and Sindhi.

INCLUSIVE​

Entry to the festival is free. Attendees spend up to eight hours on average at the GLF venue attending multiple sessions. Thus, leverage focused visibility for the sponsors. Not limited to book writers alone but poets, playwrights, screenwriters, social media and blog writers, literary creators in oral traditions and many more participate.
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GLOBAL​

GLF is an inclusive event wherein we have crossed international borders by hosting foreign authors and global literary works. Understanding varied cultures and their literature while exporting Gujarati and Indian literature to the world is at the heart of the movement.

YOUTHFUL

GLF’s target audience is the youth. Its ambience, programming and presentation dovetail this objective. ​
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INNOVATIVE​

We present literature in a manner that is cool, fun and glamorous. Every edition of the festival sees newer innovations.​

REWARDING​

Writing can be a lucrative career option only if it is financially rewarding. For starters, GLF has designed itself to be a commercially gainful event. We pay all our speakers. Dignity for creative people is at the heart of the festival.​
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PARTNERSHIPS​

Apex body of Indian film writers - Screenwriters Association of India (SWA), has partnered with GLF. This is their first partnership with any lit-fest and gives us an advantage of exclusive participation of the latest Bollywood and screenwriters among others.​

INTERACTIVE​

Nearly one-third of the event time is dedicated to audience interaction.​
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PROFIT​

GLF is not a commercial activity meant exclusively to generate profits. It should be seen as a social enterprise which is committed to making a difference. GLF believes that it has to be capable of generating sufficient revenue surpluses to support its activities and create an impact. ​