Hyderabad Literary Festival from January 24 to 26, 2014

It is my great pleasure to invite you to the fourth edition of the Hyderabad Literary Festival from January 24 to 26, 2014 and to request the honour of your presence at the Inaugural ceremony followed by the LitWalk on January 24, 2014.

Hosted by Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department and the Hyderabad Literary Festival, HLF 2014 is promising to become an iconic event in the State. I invite you to witness a festival of convergence of creative arts that will engage everyone for 3 days.

The Festival will be inaugurated at 9:30 am on January 24 at Ashiana, opposite Taj Krishna, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills. The entrance from Road No. 8 will also be open.

The Inaugural will be followed by a LitWalk. The walk will start from Ashiana, and will include a stop at the writer’s autograph wall and for release of a first class artistic HLF publication on Ramayana by Parmeswar Raju at Saptaparni, Road No. 8, Banjara Hills. The walk will culminate at Kalakriti Art Gallery for Hi-Tea, followed by inauguration of the art exhibits of the Hyderabad Literary Festival.

09:30 am : Inaugural, Ashiana Conference

10:15 am: Commencement of Lit Walk, Road No. 8

10:40 am : Release of book by Poosapati Parameshwar Raju and
Signing the Writer’s autograph wall, Saptaparni

11:00 am : Hi-tea, Kalakriti Art Gallery

11:30 am : Inaugural of art exhibits, Kalakriti Art Gallery

The has grown bigger and is breaking records this year. It has strategically moved into the centre of the City to Banjara Hills, Road No. 8, and will be hosted by 13 organisations for 3 days from January 24 to 26, 2014 at 5 different venues.

This ground breaking event will include more than 70 events, 100 guest speakers, street events, and public events involving schools, colleges, universities, academicians, writers, artists, film makers, theatre artists, printmakers, photographers, and potters. But above all, this year’s festival will be free for all, open to all, and inviting all in Hyderabad!

Attached are details of the programmes at all venues. For more details, please check out www.hydlitfest.org.

I do hope that we will have the pleasure of your attendance at the Inaugural ceremony and the LitWalk, and that you will graciously lend your presence to this exciting landmark Festival in Hyderabad.

With warm regards

Ajay Gandhi

Festival Director