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Don’t miss the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2024

The three-day event will bring together actors, authors, poets, models and writers alike for insightful conversations

The Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2024 returns this year with a fresh lineup of speakers ready to share their insights over three days and across multiple venues. Kicking off on February 9, the festival will cover topics like environment and climate, fiction, mystery, graphic and fantasy fiction, memoirs, food, history, gender, translations and more. While Allen Park will host the majority of events, the Poetry Café will be hosted at Alliance Française du Bengale. The other notable sessions are planned for the Oxford Bookstore. Additionally, a special event featuring Jerry Pinto and Anuja Chauhan is slated to take place at the Tollygunge Club. The festival also welcomes the Poetry Café and Oxford Junior Literature Festival, both hosting a diverse range of national and international speakers. 

While the schedule is packed with new and interesting topics, some of the panels that caught our eye were:

. Off The Page, where Swastika Mukherjee and Riddhi Sen will explore how books transition into audio and stage adaptations

. Abracadabra and the Magic of Life will feature Ramanjit Kaur and Baisakhi Saha in conversation

. Heart and Soul will have Dourjoy Datta speak on his latest novel

. A reading of To The Moon And Back by Maria Goretti

. Climate Fiction Movies — a session with Dia Mirza, Gargi Rawat, Rajat Chaudhuri and Bittu Sanghal. They will discuss how books, films, and art can advance environmental causes

When: February 9 to 11, 10am to 8pm

Entry: Free

— Urvashi Bhattacharya

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