Vizag Junior Lit Fest is back

The Vizag Junior Literary Fest (VJLF) volition instrumentality with its sixth variation connected November 8 and 9 astatine Hawa Mahal, bringing unneurotic writers, illustrators, educators and young readers for 2 days of conversations, performances and books. Organised by LitLantern for Culture & Literature Welfare Society, the non-profit continues its effort to promote children to read, perceive and deliberation critically.

Vizag Junior Lit Fest directors Priya Uppalapati, Sandhya Venugopal Godey and Sonal Sarda on with Kankatala Mallik, CMD of Kankatala, Sunil Nevatia of Pages Book Store and storyteller Vikram Sridhar released the poster of the fest astatine a property league connected Thursday.

Over the weekend, astir 100 sessions volition beryllium held for children aged 4 to 16, on with discussions for parents and teachers. The accompanying publication just acceptable up by Pages Book Store volition showcase children’s titles from starring publishers crossed India, allowing young readers to conscionable authors and illustrators successful person.

Among the participants are writers Asha Nehemiah, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, Nandita da Cunha, Devika Cariapa, Vaishali Shroff, and storytellers specified arsenic Ameen Haque, Ankit Dwivedi, and Vikram Sridhar. Theatre performances of The Tempest and The Sound of Music volition reason each day. Inclusivity remains a cardinal focus. As portion of the fest’s outreach, storyteller Vikram Sridhar volition sojourn authorities schools successful Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram and behaviour a peculiar league for differently-abled children. At the inaugural session, TDP Parliamentary Party Chairman Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and vice president of Vigyan University volition beryllium the main guest, portion Visakhapatnam MP M Sribharat volition beryllium the Guest of Honour. The two-day fest volition tally from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. connected some days.