Lahore Literary Festival

The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) is an international literary festival held annually in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The festival is considered to be one of South Asia's premier cultural events.[1]

Lahore Literary Festival
GenreLiterary festival
Begins2013
Location(s)Razi Ahmed
Years active8
Websitelahorelitfest.com

LLF 2015 drew over 75,000 visitors to the halls and grounds of Alhamra Arts Centre to hear various Punjabi, Pakistani and international speakers including Romila Thapar, Abdullah Hussein, Ayesha Jalal, Asma Jahangir, Eve Ensler, Roger Cohen, Mohsin Hamid, Laurent Gayer, Rahul Singh, Hameed Haroon, Yasmine El Rashidi, Naseeruddin Shah, Joe Sacco, Romesh Gunesekera, Ziauddin Sardar, Osman Samiuddin, Mushtaq Soofi, and Aminatta Forna.

Editions

Past editions have featured Tariq Ali, Vikram Seth, Zehra Nigah, Bapsi Sidhwa, William Dalrymple, Gavin Francis, Amin Jaffer, Shahzia Sikander, Kenizé Mourad, Amit Chaudhuri, Amjad Islam Amjad, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Vali Nasr, Samia Mahrez, Linda Bird Francke, Victoria Schofield, Hugh Eakin, Naman Ahuja, Rachel Dwyer, Tehmina Durrani, Basharat Peer, Urvashi Butalia, Jeet Thayil, Nayyar Ali Dada, Framji Minwalla, Nadeem Aslam, Moni Mohsin, Shehan Karunatilaka, Florence Noiville, Zia Mohyeddin, Rashid Rana, Ebba Koch, Owen Bennett Jones, Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi, Aamer Hussein, Namita Gokhale, Shazaf Fatima Haider, Shrabani Basu and many more.

The LLF was established in 2013 by Razi Ahmed,[2] and is typically a three-day festival, held at the Alhamra Arts Center. Its governance structure includes a Board of Governors chaired by Iqbal Z. Ahmed. The first edition was a two-day event held on 23 and 24 February 2013.[3][4] The second edition was held from 21 to 23 February 2014.[5] In 2015, the third edition was held from 20 to 22 February.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Lahore Literary Festival Returns to New York at Asia Society, May 6". Asia Society. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. "Lahore Literary Festival". The British Library. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. "LLF 2013". Lahore Literary Festival. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. Walsh, Declan (6 March 2013). "Pakistan, Under Cultural Siege, Is Buoyed by Book Festivals". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. "In Depth - Lahore Literature Festival 2014". Dawn. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. Doucet, Lyse (24 February 2015). "Lahore Literary Festival: Book lovers defy the bombers". BBC. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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