Over a 100 writers and academics from Pakistan and abroad will be participating in the second Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF), scheduled to begin on April 25.
Announcing the highlights of the programme for the three-day event at a press conference on Tuesday, Oxford University Press (OUP) Managing Director Ameena Saiyid said 110 Pakistani and eight international speakers will be taking part in this year’s ILF.
The event will feature talks and interviews, panel discussions, a mushaira, dastangoi, book fair, author signings, a theatre play session, and a photo exhibition by the Citizens Archives of Pakistan. A total of 67 sessions and 14 book launches have been scheduled for the ILF.
Dr Asif Farrukhi, co-founder of the KLF and the ILF said that “the literature festival brings together writers, poets and scholars from diverse disciplines and intellectual traditions to create an opportunity for cultural exchange through celebration of writing and books. This time, writers from Gilgit-Baltistan will be promoted and as the event grows each year, more regional languages will be promoted.”
Entry to the festival will be free.
