SAARC literary festival to be held in Thimphu

Following the footsteps of Mountain Echoes, another literary festival of South Asia will provide the feast of literature to Bhutanese this December.

Thimphu is scheduled to host the SAARC Literary Festival on South Asian Novel on 18-20 December.

In keeping with the SAARC Agenda for culture, which envisages the diversity in culture needs to be acknowledged as varied experiences are reflected in the richness of cultural expression, the SAARC Cultural Centre will organize a 3-day Literary Festival in Bhutan. The Festival will be an open forum for writers as well as literary critics to discuss the current status of South Asian Novel and to indulge in exploring the unique cultural tapestry of the South Asian novel.

The festival will provide a platform to the novelists, writers, literary critics, and literary enthusiasts in the region to share their thoughts, insights, voice their concerns and learn from the experts of South Asian Novels, statement from the organiser reads.

This festival with the theme “culture of South Asian Novel: what makes South Asian Novel distinct from the rest” will provide the litterateurs review current trends in the South Asian novels.

The Festival would have presentations, book reviews, lectures, discussions and book reading sessions.

All member states (of SAARC) will have official participation with 10 to 15-member delegation of novelists.