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LITERARY FESTS OF KOLKATA

Kolkata, has always been known as the literary and cultural capital of India. Kolkata hosts the Kolkata Book Fair, which is one of the largest in the world, every year. Therefore Kolkata has always been a good destination for literature related activities.

Kolkata has three literature fests, which generally occur one after the other in the months of January and/or February. The Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF), the Kolkata Literary Meet (KLM) and the Kolkata Language and Literature Festival (KLLF) , which will be organised by the Kolkata Book Fair group. AKLF had started in 2009, Kolkata's first lit fest, and has been a successful venture. KLM meets are legendary, with many star writers coming every year. These fests happen at iconic venues like Victoria Memorial, Tollygunge Club and St. John's Anglican Church.

IN 2014

After inauguration by American feminist writer Gloria Steinem and Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh, the carnival will bring writers, thinkers and artistes of national and international repute to the city like Vikram Seth, Mark Tully, Mohsin Hamid and Peter Godwin. Aamir Khan inaugurated the fifth edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) last week while the Kolkata Literary Meet (KLM) would be held at the iconic Victoria Memorial from January 25 to 30. Kolkata Language and Literature Festival (KLLF) will start from January 30 to February 1.