# List of literary festivals in India

This is a list of notable literary festivals in India. The list consists only of those festivals that already have an article on Wikipedia.

## Ongoing Festivals

| State / Union Territory | City | Festival name | Organised by | Month | First held |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF) | | June-July | 2008 |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh Literati | Chandigarh Literary Society | November - December | 2013 |
| Delhi | New Delhi | Jashn-e-Rekhta | Rekhta Foundation | December | 2015 |
| Goa | Panaji | Goa Arts and Literature Festival | International Centre, Goa | December | 2010 |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad International Literature Festival | IKON Education Foundation | November - December | 2016 |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Gujarat Literature Festival | | December - January | 2014 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar | Kashmir Literature Festival | | | |
| Kerala | Kollam | Thirunalloor Kavyolsavam | | May | 2007 |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters | Mathrubhumi newspaper group | January - February | 2018 |
| Kerala | Kozhikode | Kerala Literature Festival | DC Kizhakemuri Foundation | January - February | 2016 |
| Kerala | Kochi | Kochi International Book Festival | AntharashtraPusthakotsava Samithi, Kochi | December | 2000 |
| Kerala | Wayanad | Wayanad Literature Festival | Wayanad Literary Foundation | December | 2022 |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai | Gateway Litfest | Passion 4 Communication & Kaakka, Mumbai | February - March | 2015 |
| Maharashtra | Pune | Pune International Literary Festival | | September | 2013 |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Kalinga Literary Festival | | June | 2013 |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | Jaipur Literature Festival | | January | 2006 |
| Rajasthan | Udaipur | The Great Indian Literary Festival | | January - February | 2017 |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Lit for Life | The Hindu newspaper | January | 2010 |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Queer LitFest, Chennai | Queer Chennai Chronicles | September | 2018 |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Literary Festival | Hyderabad Literary Trust | January | 2010 |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | Verba Maximus | BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus | January - February | 2011 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Lucknow Literary Festival | Lucknow Society | February - March | 2013 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh | AMU Literary Festival | Aligarh Muslim University | March | 2015 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur | Gorakhpur Literary Fest | | | 2017 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi | Bundelkhand Literature Festival | | | 2020 |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Dehradun Literature Festival | | January - February | 2016 |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | Chair Poetry Evenings | Chair Literary Trust | November | 2018 |
| Kerala | Malappuram | Ma Literature Festival | MYL | January - February | 2024 |
| Various | Various | The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival | | | 2012 |
| Various | Various | Kitab Festival | | | |

## Now defunct events

| State / Union Territory | City | Festival name | Organised by | Last held |
| Delhi | New Delhi | Indian Languages Festival | India Habitat Centre | 2019 |
| Delhi | New Delhi | Kaafiya The Poetry Festival | | 2015 |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Viswa Malayala Mahotsavam 2012 | Kerala Sahitya Akademi | 2012 |