Wayanad Literature Festival

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Wayanad Literature Festival (WLF) is Indian literary festival. [1] It is organized every alternate December at Dwaraka village of Manathavady taluk in the Wayanad district, Kerala since 2022. [2] It is conducted by the Wayanad Literary Foundation. The festival is directed by Vinod Jose and curatored by Dr Joseph K Job, VH Nishad and Leena Gita Reghunath. [3] Two editions of this festivals have been completed till December 2024. [4] The recurring theme of the festival is Resilience, Expression, and Representation. [5] The logo of the festival captures the ubiquitous wetland bird crane flying with a book on its long bill. [6] The iconic Thamarassery mountain pass to the Western Ghats takes the shape of the bird's neck and body.

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Editions

2022

The first edition in 2022 was inaugurated by Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala with Rahul Gandhi, Member of Lok Sabha from Wayanad. [7] In the 2022 edition, over 100 authors were part of the festival, including Arundhati Roy, K. Satchidanandan, KR Meera, and many others, which saw a footfall of over 40,000 people.

2024

The second edition in 2024 was inaugurated by Siddaramaiah, the Chief Minister of Karnataka. [8] Over 400 writers spoke at the festival and over one lakh ten thousand people were estimated to have attended the festival. Speakers included Arundhati Roy, Parvathy Thiruvoth, Amitava Kumar, Christophe Jaffrelot, John Kaey, Santhosh George Kulangara, Basil Joseph. The audience included a large number of who is who of northern Kerala and the visiting population of tourists from Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mysore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai during that year-end weekend. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Portal, social media pages up ahead of Wayanad Literature Festival". The Hindu. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  2. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (2022-12-28). "Wayanad Literature Festival from Thursday". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2025-02-25.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ↑ S, Krishna P. (December 31, 2024). "Wayanad Literature Festival: Lovely, dramatic and deep". The New Indian Express.
  4. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-10-05). "Second edition of Wayanad Literature Festival to be held in December". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2025-02-25.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Wayanad Literature Festival. When the world comes to an Indian village to think, listen, read and talk" . Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  6. ↑ "Kerala's newest lit fest germinates in the fertile land of Wayanad". Onmanorama. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  7. ↑ Service, Express News (October 6, 2024). "250 writers, cultural figures to take part in Wayanad Literature Festival". The New Indian Express.
  8. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (December 27, 2024). "WLF a tribute to revolutionaries, says Siddaramaiah" – via www.thehindu.com.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ↑ S, Krishna P. (December 29, 2024). "INTERVIEW | 'I will be very disingenuous if I hold an event like media industry does' | Journalist Vinod K Jose". The New Indian Express.


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