Nepal Literature Festival


Nepal Literature Festival is an annual international literary festival which takes place in
Pokhara, Nepal. It was founded in 2011 by Bookworm Foundation, a not-for-profit organization.

Timeline

2011

The first edition of the festival was held from 18–21 August in Gyan Mandala in Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur. The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company.

2012

The second edition of festival was held from 20–23 September in the premises of the Nepal Academy at Kamaladi, Kathmandu The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company. The festival had participated by international writers: Mark Tully, Indra Bahadur Rai and Ira Trivedi.

2013

The third edition of festival was held from 25–28 October in the premises of the Nepal Academy at Kamaladi, Kathmandu. The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company. The festival had participated by international writers:Shobhaa De, Ravinder Singh, Prajwal Parajuly and Farah Ghuznavi.

2014

The fourth edition of festival was held from 19–22 September in the premises of the Nepal Academy at Kamaladi, Kathmandu. The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company. The festival had participated by international writers: Shashi Tharoor, Farah Ghuznavi, Tishani Doshi, Carlo Pizzati, Basharat Peer, and Hartosh Singh Bal.

2016

The fifth edition of festival was held from 29 January-1 February 2016 in premises of Nepal Tourism Board, Pardi, Pokhara. The festival was inaugurated by retired British Gurkha officer. The festival had writers like Barkha Dutt, Ira Trivedi, Shobhaa De, Farah Ghuznavi, Ned Beauman, Vinod Mehta including Poet Uday Prakash.

2017

The sixth edition of festival was held from 29 January-1 February 2017 in premises of Nepal Tourism Board, Pardi, Pokhara. The festival was attended by authors, artists, politicians, media persons, intellectuals, economists, sociologists and attendees. The festival had Indian writer Ramachandra Guha, novelist Durjoy Datta and poet Uday Prakash.
Aahuti, Aditya Adhikari, Amar Nyaupane, Amit Dhakal, Amrit Gurung, Amrit
Subedi, Bairagi Kainla, Basanta Basnet, Basanta Thapa, Bhupal Rai, Bhupin, Bibek Shrestha, Bimal
Acharya, Binod Baniya, Birendra Bahadur Basnet, Bishwa Paudel, Buddhisagar, Chaitanya Mishra, Chandra
Kishore, C.K. Lal, Devendra Bhattarai, Dhruba Chandra Gautam, Dipendra Shrestha, Durjoy Datta, Gagan Thapa, Ganess Paudel, Ghanashyam Bhusal, Gunaraj Luitel, Hari Bahadur Gandharba, Hari Bahadur Thapa, Hari
Sharma, Harihar Birahi, Hari Bansha Acharya, Hima Bista, Ishwor Mani Adhikari, Jiba Lamichhane, Jiwan Kshetri,
Kalpana Chiluwal, Kanak Mani Dixit, Kapil Sharma, Kedar Sharma, Kedar Bhakta Mathema, Khagendra Sangraula, Kiran Nepal, Kripa Joshi, Kulman Ghising, Kumar Nagarkoti, Kusumakar Neupane, Laxmi
Sharma, Lochan Rijal, Madan Krishna Shrestha, Mahesh Bikram Shah, Narayan Dhakal, Namgay Zam, Narayan
Gandharba, Narayan Wagle, Nayanraj Pandey, Nabaraj Parajuli, Neeva Shah, Omprakash Aryal, Prabha
Bhattarai, Pranika Koyu, Pushkar Shah, Rabindra Adhikari, Rabindra Samir, Rajan Mukarung, Rajendra
Dahal, Rajendra Parajuli, Rambhakta Jojiju, Ramchandra Guha, Raamesh, Raamesh Koirala, Ramlal Joshi, Richa
Bhattarai, Sabitri Gautam, Samriddhi Rai, Saraswoti Pratikshya, Saraswati Shrestha Saru, Sarita Tiwari,
Shakuntla Joshi, Shiva Gaule, Shivani Singh Tharu, Shubha Kayastha, Subin Bhattarai, Sudheer Sharma, Sujit
Mahat, Swarnim Wagle, Tirtha Shrestha, Upendra Paudel, Uday Prakash, Yangesh.