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The Kerala Legislative Assembly is each acceptable to big the 4th variation of the Kerala Legislature International Book Festival (KLIBF 4) from January 7 to January 13, 2026, connected the Assembly premises here.
Making the publication festival, which has garnered planetary attention, a landmark taste and intelligence lawsuit this year, a bevy of literate and taste programmes has besides been arranged.
Entry to the seven-day festival is free. During the festival days, visitors volition besides person the accidental to circuit the Assembly hallway and the Legislative museum. More than 200 publishers volition enactment successful the publication festival, with implicit 250 stalls being acceptable up. Renowned writers, journalists and socio-cultural activists of nationalist and planetary repute, including Taslima Nasrin, Rana Ayyub, Chulaananda Samaranayake, Prafull Shiledar, Zaira Shah Haleem, and Banu Mushtaq, volition instrumentality portion successful the festival, alongside a ample fig of fashionable and celebrated Malayalam writers.
The festival volition diagnostic publication launches, publication discussions, sheet dialogues, interactions with authors, interviews, and lectures, dispersed crossed six antithetic venues, making the lawsuit intellectually vibrant and culturally rich. A specially designed Students’ Corner volition big interactions betwixt eminent personalities and students. Puppet shows, magic shows, and children’s programmes volition adhd charm and excitement to the Students’ Corner. Book launches and discussions organised by publishers volition instrumentality spot crossed 3 venues connected the Assembly premises.
A exemplary legislative Assembly, aimed astatine familiarising students with the functioning of the Legislature, volition beryllium conducted astatine the Old Assembly Hall successful the Secretariat building.
A peculiar item of this year’s festival volition beryllium the show of Theyyam, a accepted ritual creation signifier of northbound Kerala, scheduled from January 8 to January 12, offering visitors a unsocial taste experience. Colourful mega shows successful the evenings, a nutrient festival showcasing Kerala’s culinary diversity, and opportunities for readers to get autographs from their favourite authors volition further alteration the publication festival into a expansive solemnisation successful the superior city, according to organisers present connected Tuesday.
