The 14th version of the Bengaluru Literature Pageant (BLF) will probably be held on December 6 and seven, this time at Freedom Park.
This version could have 4 stages- three youngsters’s venues and a bookstore. It’ll characteristic near 300 worldwide, Indian and metropolis authors and audio system.
Massive names
Main names on the pageant are Worldwide Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq, British crime author Clare Waterproof coat, tech journalist and AI chronicler Karen Hao, American poet and novelist Kazim Ali, award-winning Australian playwright Julie Janson, creator and MP Shashi Tharoor, creator and chairperson of The Hindu Group Nirmala Lakshman, essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra, bestselling writers Amish, Anand Neelakantan, Chetan Bhagat, and Shobhaa De, comic and actor Vir Das, amongst others, the BLF stated.
The pageant will open at 9 am with morning music on each days. Entry is free, open to all and registration is really helpful, the BLF stated.
Why completely different venue?
V. Ravichandar, one of many organizers of the BLF, stated that the shift within the venue was to make sure a neighborhood occasion was held in a public house.
“Furthermore, the Freedom Park is within the coronary heart of the town, near metro stations and bus stands. It has ample paid parking for each two-wheelers and automobiles,” he stated.
“From a web site of silence and surveillance to one in all neighborhood and expression, the Freedom Park stands as a logo of Bengaluru’s previous and current, reminding us that public areas, like literature, studying and other people, can remodel and carry ahead new meanings,” he additional stated.
The pageant venue is an eight-minute stroll from Sir M. Visveswaraya Station, Central School Metro (Purple Line) and the bus cease, and a 15-minute stroll from the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic Metro (Inexperienced Line) and the bus cease.
Revealed – November 24, 2025 10:24 pm IST