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Tata Live Literature The Mumbai Litfest is excited to hold its 13th edition from November 1113 2022 at its customary location at the NCPA in Nariman Point as well as with workshops at the St Pauls Institute of Communication Education SPICE and Title Waves bookstore in Bandra Due to the pandemic the editions in 2020 and 2021 were virtually heldThe 85 million views from the highly successful virtual Litfest editions in 2021 raised online audiences and expectations bar This years Litfest will feature yet another innovation a hybrid festival with the online sessions taking place on November 9 amp 10 This will help to accommodate both the demand online and inpersonThe usual allstar lineup of writers from around the world and the country will be present including wellknown figures like Geetanjali Shree Tony Fadell Arundhati Bhattacharya Shashi Tharoor Paul Morland Jerry Pinto Naushad Forbes Rohini Nilekani Ashwin Sanghi Sanjaya Baru Mallika Sarabhai Ian Cardozo Mamang Dai Onir Rinki Bhattach Damon Galgut George Monbiot Pankaj Mishra Colm Toibn Susan Liautaud and John Pilger are just a few of the online participantsThe prestigious Tata Literature Live Literary Awards the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award the selection of a Poet Laureate the animated Great Debate poetry recitations and scintillating performances the wellliked workshops and the Book Swap will all continue to be Festival highlights As the Litfest returns to its actual location Mumbai will play a prominent role with a number of subjects relating to the city including a new novel coastal marine life history and communitiesTwo new prizes The Binod Kanoria Awards for Childrens Literature and The Rotary Writing For Peace Award will also be presented under the aegis of the Festival The Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Awards will returnIn line with its spirit of literary expansion the Litfest has started sessions on languages other than English Last years language was Marathi and the sessions were enthusiastically received This year there will be an introduction to Gujarati prose and poetryThere will also be two international collaborative sessions this year with France and UK Noir in Mumbai will be premiered in India as part of the Litfest Three rising stars of French crime fiction Johana Gustawsson aka the Queen of French Noir Sophie Henaff and her Awkward Squad and Jerome Loubry will present their work for the first time to an Indian audience This will culminate in a unique event the Great Investigation inspired by its sister activity in France and imagined by Indian author Kalpana Swaminathan in which participants will have five hours to resolve the mystery of the theft of the Blue Sapphire The collaboration with the UK will present new work being performed exploring the relationship between language and queerness as the outcome of a project which will bring together six diverse and multicultural poets from India and the UK through residencies in both countriesLiterature from Tata Live The Festival of Ideas has always been a significant component of the Mumbai Litfest Books and authors covering topics like innovation mentoring philanthropy journalism food gender issues art and the environment will be available this year as wellLooking forward to the 2022 Litfest Director of the Festival Amy Fernandes said We are excited to be launching a reinvention of the Litfest in a hybrid model This will enable us to include authors who are still unable to travel as well as our global virtual audiences who so enjoyed the Litfest during the pandemic At the same time we are also delighted to be able to welcome back in person the authors and audiences who have missed the distinctive Litfest activities buzz and vibe at our physical venues I would like to express our sincere thanks to our venue partner NCPA and our presenting sponsor Tata for their unstinting support since inception and to SPICE and Title Waves book store for our Bandra armWe greatly appreciate the invaluable support of Godrej Industries Ltd Kotak Mariwalla Initiatives and Hafele This committed backing has enabled us to curate memorable Litfests no matter what the differing circumstances bringing us to our 13th edition this yearSpeaking about the festival this year Harish Bhat Brand Custodian Tata Sons said We at the Tata Group are proud to be associated with Tata Literature Live The Mumbai Litfest which has become a beautiful melting pot for literary enthusiasts across India The festival has grown from strength to strength which is tribute to the pioneering work done by Anil Dharker and Shashi BaligaAs a fitting tribute to these two stalwarts of Tata Literature Live the festival returns this year in a wonderful hybrid format bringing back the inperson experience alongside a digital format that reaches a much larger online community This is an invaluable opportunity for lovers of literature to meet their favourite authors up close and personal and also listen to them from the 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