The Jaipur Literature Festival, or JLF, is an annual literary festival which takes place in the Indian city of Jaipur each January. It was founded in 2006, and from 2008 has been produced by Teamwork Arts. 2016 is the ninth edition of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival. The world's largest free literary festival, it was described by Miranda Seymour in the Mail on Sunday of 10 August 2008 as "the grandest literary festival of them all".
The Diggi Palace Hotel serves as the main venue of the festival, with sessions held in the Hall of Audience and throughout the gardens of the Diggi Palace in the city centre.
The festival directors are the writers Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple and it is produced by Sanjoy Roy of Teamwork Arts. Surina Narula is the Founder Sponsor and Festival Advisor for the literature festival. The Festival is an Initiative of the Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF) founded by Faith Singh, originally as a segment of the Jaipur Heritage International Festival in 2006, and developed into a free-standing festival of literature standing on its own feet in 2008. JVF's Community Director Vinod Joshi is its regional advisor. All events at the festival are free and not ticketed.
In 2012, a number of events occurred related to the Salman Rushdie and the Satanic Verses controversy.
A number of events created by the organisers of JLF, loosely named JLF International, have taken place in other cities around the world.
One of the main reasons for the success of the festival is because it is so overwhelming for its visitors; they make it a point to come back the next year round as well. And while they wait for the next January to arrive, they spread the word to their friends and family and tag them along on this incredible literary adventure. Moreover, as the sun sets with the last session of the evening at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the celebrations are moved to another location for the concert night where numerous artists of various genres, ranging from folk to electronic to jazz, continue to celebrate the day with the guests through their performances. All in all, Jaipur Literature Festival paints a complete picture of the art scene in India and abroad with its motive to work towards igniting the intellect of the people with their various talks and globalised musical performances. This is definitely an event which will have you talking about it all year long.
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