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Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh writers at India literary fest
Authors from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are among star attractions at the upcoming fourth annual Kovalm Literary festival in Thiruvanthapuram.
Fatima Bhutto, Mohammed Hanif, David Davidar, Amit Chaudhuri Mirza Wahid Arvind Mehrortra and Shehan Karunatileka are among the lineup for the festival being held in Kerala on October 1 and 2. A curtain raiser would be organised at India International Centre here on September 29.
Pakistani writer Hanif will read from his second novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti being released next month. Extracts from the novel was published in the Granta Pakistan special early this year, Binoo K John, founder director, Kovalam Literary Festival told PTI.
Sri Lankan writer Karunatileke is expected to read from his debut novel Chinaman based on search of a forgotten but brilliant Sri Lankan cricketer called Pradeep Mathew.
Suresh Menons exciting new biography of Bishen Singh Bedi and Anita Nairs new anthology of poems Malabar Mind will be launched at the festival, says John.
The festival will conclude on October 2 in Thiruvananthapuram with London-based Tamil fusion rock singer Susheela Ramans performance.
Delhis expat hip-hop and reggae band Ska. Vengers is also scheduled to perform. The festival would also see a slew of young writers including Anuradha Roy, Palash Mehrotra, Rahul Bhattacharya and Kanika Dhillon.
The literary festival, which is in its fourth edition this year and supported by the ICCR has previously hosted authors like Ali Sethi, Chinas Lijia Zhang and Deborah Baker-Ghosh.
In previous editions Burmese dissident writer Ma Thida had read from her fiction and actor Om Puri had released his biography Unlikely Hero.
South Asian News Agency | Pakistan, Lanka, Bangladesh writers at India literary fest
Authors from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are among star attractions at the upcoming fourth annual Kovalm Literary festival in Thiruvanthapuram.
Fatima Bhutto, Mohammed Hanif, David Davidar, Amit Chaudhuri Mirza Wahid Arvind Mehrortra and Shehan Karunatileka are among the lineup for the festival being held in Kerala on October 1 and 2. A curtain raiser would be organised at India International Centre here on September 29.
Pakistani writer Hanif will read from his second novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti being released next month. Extracts from the novel was published in the Granta Pakistan special early this year, Binoo K John, founder director, Kovalam Literary Festival told PTI.
Sri Lankan writer Karunatileke is expected to read from his debut novel Chinaman based on search of a forgotten but brilliant Sri Lankan cricketer called Pradeep Mathew.
Suresh Menons exciting new biography of Bishen Singh Bedi and Anita Nairs new anthology of poems Malabar Mind will be launched at the festival, says John.
The festival will conclude on October 2 in Thiruvananthapuram with London-based Tamil fusion rock singer Susheela Ramans performance.
Delhis expat hip-hop and reggae band Ska. Vengers is also scheduled to perform. The festival would also see a slew of young writers including Anuradha Roy, Palash Mehrotra, Rahul Bhattacharya and Kanika Dhillon.
The literary festival, which is in its fourth edition this year and supported by the ICCR has previously hosted authors like Ali Sethi, Chinas Lijia Zhang and Deborah Baker-Ghosh.
In previous editions Burmese dissident writer Ma Thida had read from her fiction and actor Om Puri had released his biography Unlikely Hero.
South Asian News Agency | Pakistan, Lanka, Bangladesh writers at India literary fest
