The ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival returns to London presenting an opulent setting of South Asia’s literary heritage, oral and performing arts, books and ideas, dialogue and debate. The British Library spaces will be transformed in this two-day taster of the extraordinary free festival which takes place in the Rose City of Jaipur, India, every January.
Plurality and inclusiveness will be at the core of this year's Festival programming. For a decade, the Jaipur Literature Festival has stood for diversity of ideas, languages, nationalities and subjects. The 2017 edition is no different in featuring multiple voices and viewpoints across genres collectively on one platform.
Writers so far confirmed include Ajoy Bose, Audrey Truschke, Chintan Chandrachud, Giles Milton, Guillermo Rodriguez, Helena Kennedy, JP Losty, John Elliott, John Keay, Jon Wilson, Katherine Butler Schofield, Meera Syal, Mihir Sharma, Namita Gokhale, Nayanika Mahtani, Neel Madhav, Patrick French, Philip Norman, Shashi Tharoor, Shrabani Basu, Vayu Naidu, Vidya Shah and William Dalrymple.
Supported by the Friends of the British Library, the inaugural 20th May Music extravaganza will come from Kabir Café. A selection of free family activities and workshops accompanies the programme. Several discussions and debates on India in the global context will be at the core of the discussions. The festival will uphold and celebrate its core values which place equity, democratic access and free speech above all; with it's strong beliefs that for dialogue to be meaningful, there should be representation from all points of view.
