This is a list of notable literary festivals in India. (The list is non exhaustive) Add state : Madhya Pradesh # Vishwarang 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Central India’s Biggest Literature, Art and Music Festival.

Andhra Pradesh

* Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF), first held on 21 June 2008

Arunachal Pradesh

* Arunachal Literature and Art Festival first held on 4 and 5 August. *Arunachal Literature Festival Held in the last week of November since 2018.

Assam

* Brahmaputra Literary festival at

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

Delhi

*Bookaroo Festival of Children's Literature, since 2008 * Delhi Literature festival (February), since 2013 *

Jashn-e-Rekhta Jashn-e-Rekhta (, ) is the world's largest Urdu language literary festival. It is a three-day event held annually in New Delhi that celebrates the Urdu language. The festival showcases Urdu poetry, Urdu literature, Qawwali, Islamic calligraphy, ...

(December), an Urdu festival, since 2015 * Rainbow Literature Festival (November), since 2019 *

Times LitFest The India Habitat Centre is a multipurpose building in the city of New Delhi, India. It was the brain child of the HuDCO Chairman, Santosh Sharma. The India Habitat Centre is one of India's most comprehensive convention centers that is aimed a ...

, at the India Habitat Centre, since 2015

Goa

* Goa Arts and Literature Festival (December), since 2010.

Gujarat

* Ahmedabad International Literature Festival *

Gujarat Literature Festival The Gujarat Literature Festival (abbreviated as GLF), also known as ''Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav'', is a literary festival which takes place annually in the Indian city Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The festival is held generally in December–January. Th ...

Karnataka

* Bangalore Literature Festival,since 2012. * Bangalore Business Literature Festival, since 2015.

Kerala

Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters The Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (MBIFL) is an annual literary festival that takes place in the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was founded in 2018 and is organised by the ''Mathrubhumi'' newspaper group. The Festi ...

, since 2018. *

Kerala Literature Festival Kerala Literature Festival (KLF), founded in 2016, is an annual literary festival held on the beaches of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. The Festival on the beach is a non-aligned platform, committed to providing an open and liberal forums for debates ...

(January/February), since 2016.

Maharashtra

* Gateway Litfest (February/ March), since 2015.
Tata Literature Live
(November), since 2010.
Times Litfest
(December), since 2012.
Orange City Literature Festival
November), since 2019.

Odisha

Kalinga Literary Festival The Kalinga Literary Festival ( Odia: କଳିଙ୍ଗ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ମହୋତ୍ସବ), also known as KLF, is a literary festival which takes place annually in the Indian city Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Rashmi Ranjan Parida is the founder ...

, since 2013 at

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

Rajasthan

Jaipur Literature Festival The Jaipur Literature Festival, or JLF, is an annual literary festival which takes place in the Indian city of Jaipur each year in the month of January. It was founded in 2006. It is the world's largest free literary festival. The Diggi Palace ...

, since 2006. World's largest free literary festival.

Tamil Nadu

Lit for Life Lit for Life is an annual literary festival organised by the English daily ''The Hindu'' in Chennai, India. The festival was inaugurated in 2010, where it was part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of ''The Hindu''s Literary Review. In ...

(January), since 2010. * Chennai Literary Festival (January), since 2014. * Queer Lit Fest, Chennai (July), since 2018, at Chennai.

Telangana

Hyderabad Literary Festival Hyderabad Literary Festival or HLF is a literary festival held in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is a 3-day annual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. Every year has a guest nation, and an Indian language in focus. The Festival ...

(January), since 2010.

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow Literary Festival The Lucknow Literary Festival is an international literary festival held annually in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2013. The Lucknow Literary Festival is an endeavour of the Lucknow Society, which is a non profit organization dedicated t ...

(February), since 2013. * AMU Literary Festival (March), since 2015. * Gorakhpur Literary Fest, since 2018. * Purvanchal Literary Festival, since 2018. * Bundelkhand Literature Festival, since 2020,

Uttarakhand

Valley of Words
November), since 2017. Also has a phygital, virtual experience sinc
2020
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Dehradun Literature Festival The Dehradun Literature Festival is an annual literary festival held annually in Dehradun, India founded by samraant Virmani who is also a well known social worker. History It was founded in 2016 by Samraant Virmani, He took this initiative ...

(August), since 2016.

West Bengal

Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival
since 2010. * Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob, since 2015. * Chair Poetry Evenings, since 2018.

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