FOR THE LOVE OF THE WORD

The Anil Dharker Session INAUGURATION OF LITERATURE LIVE! The Mumbai LitFest 2024 Followed by POETRY IS LIFE

Gulzar in conversation with Pavan K Varma

WRITE TO SPEAK

Turn your narrative into a live performance

Workshop by Miles Merrill

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

Launch of Subhash Ghai's Karma's Child, followed by a conversation on the life and legacy of the film director

Subhash Ghai in conversation with Imtiaz Ali

Presented by Kotak

ARZ KIYA HAI

The poetry of Mir Taqi Mir

Ranjit Hoskote in conversation with Kausar Munir

A PROVOCATIVE PALETTE

The radical imagination of FN Souza

Janeita Singh, Kamini Sawhney

Chair: Asad Lalljee

Presented by Hikal

BOOK IN FOCUS

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

A staged reading followed by an open discussion on the novella

Chaired by Hrishi K

GODREJ LITERATURE LIVE! 2024 POET LAUREATE

Presentation to Arvind Krishna Mehrotra followed by a conversation with Arundhathi Subramaniam

THE GREAT DEBATE: AI IS A THREAT TO HUMANITY

For the motion: Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Sahil Kulshrestha

Against the motion: Marcus du Sautoy, Rajesh Parikh

Chair: Govindraj Ethiraj

Presented by Prime Securities Limited

THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS

A weave of big beats, heavy basslines, soaring melodies and heart-stopping spoken word

Performed by Wright&Grainger

Supported By British Council

MANY STRINGS TO HIS BOW

The uni-versatility of a virtuoso violinist

L Subramaniam in conversation with Kamala Ganesh

WHO IS RAISING WHOM

New hacks from new parents

Neha J Hiranandani, Ruchita Dar Shah

Chair: Sunita Wazir

FROM JERUSALEM TO JAPAN

A traveller's quest for heavens on earth

Pico Iyer in conversation with Girish Shahane

THE CREATIVE ESSAY

Launch of Mahesh Elkunchwar's The Necropolis Trilogy by Kumar Ketkar followed by a discussion on the book

Mahesh Elkunchwar in conversation with Anahita Uberoi

SOWING THE SEED

Write a rivetting opening para

Workshop by David Aliaga

Supported by Embassy of Spain in India

MYSTORY Poetry Winners

Where creativity meets passion. Listen to winners from our online contest read out their original piece of writing.

Anukriti Pandey, Bobby Pawar, Deeti Gupta, Mahieka Vikram Gidwani, Sonali Rasal

SOOTHSAYERS?

Launch of Lavanya Lakshminarayan's Interstellar Megachef and Gautam Bhatia's The Sentence; followed by a panel discussion on the imagined societies in Indian science fiction

Appupen, Gautam Bhatia, Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Chair: Peter Griffin

THE QUEER WRITERS' ROOM

A creative showcase by young LGBTQIA+ writers from South Asia 

Performed by Dia Yonzon, Mesak Takhelmayum, Rukman Ragas, Sara Haque

Performance Supported by The Queer Muslim Project, IOWA International Writing Program, United States Consulate General Mumbai

UNDERSTANDING THE ONE

Where all faiths meet

Akhil Gupta in conversation with Malavika Sangghvi

GODREJ LITERATURE LIVE! 2024 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Presentation to Pratibha Ray followed by a conversation with Ashwani Kumar

MOVING TO THE BEAT

Performing slam poetry

Workshop by Joanna Yang

ORPHEUS

A re-telling of the Greek myth through music and spoken word

Performed by Wright&Grainger

Performance Partner Kotak

Supported by British Council

TALES FROM TWO CITIES

Offbeat stories from Mumbai & Pune

Farrukh Dhondy, Murzban Shroff

Chair: Fiona Fernandez

REBEL, DEVOTEE, GODDESS

Indian women and how they sang to the divine

Arundhathi Subramaniam in conversation with Mustansir Dalvi

WANDERER STILL

Capturing the world in words

Pico Iyer in conversation with Shobhaa De

Presented by Kotak

PHRASES FROM THE FRONT (CANCELLED)

How conflict bleeds into language

Ostap Slyvynsky in conversation with Jerry Pinto

Presented by Hay Festival & LVIV Book Forum

LYRICAL ESSAYS

Words and verse

Workshop by Kazim Ali

POETRY IN THE PARK

Diverse verses and resonant voices

A poetry open mic hosted by Poets of Mumbai

INDOSPHERE

Ancient India's expansive influence

Straight talk by William Dalrymple

Presented by Blue Star

COOKING UP A STORM

Traditional recipes from the Mahar and Mang communities

Bhushan Korgaonkar, Shahu Patole

Chair: Shubhra Chatterji

EARTH WHISPERERS

Personal encounters with the great outdoors

Leslie Carol Roberts, Sudhakar Solomonraj

Chair: Shubhangi Swarup

Celebrating Women: The Shashi Baliga Memorial Session MY MEDLEY

Launch of Ila Arun's Parde Ke Peechhey, followed by a conversation full of quotes, notes, and anecdotes

Anjula Bedi, Ila Arun, Vidya Balan

Chair: Gaurav Sharma

LIRIKA COMES TO TOWN

Performance of Slovenian poetry in Marathi and English

Performed by Brane Mozetič, Gregor Podlogar, Hemant Divate, Manya Joshi, Sanjeev Khandekar, Veronika Dintinjana

AXIOM OF CHOICE

A play that explores free will, war, and mathematics

Performed by Claire Gilbert Ltd.

ROTARY WRITING FOR PEACE AWARD

Presentation to Urvashi Butalia followed by a conversation with Sameera Khan

COLOSSAL STRIDES

Launch of Behold The Leviathan, followed by a conversation with the authors about the real reasons why corporate India is sprinting ahead

Nandita Rajhansa, Saurabh Mukherjea

Chair: Paula Mariwala

POET AS INTERLOCUTOR (CANCELLED)

Finding poetry in conversations

Workshop by Ostap Slyvynsky

Presented by Hay Festival Lviv Book Forum series

BRING IT ON

Preview of Mohinder & Rajender Amarnath's Fearless, followed by stories of India's most courageous cricketer

Mohinder Amarnath, Rajender Amarnath

Chair: Hrishi K

FRESH INK

What's novel in fiction

Chandrahas Choudhury, David Aliaga, Maddalena Vaglio Tanet

Chair: Antoine Lewis

SALAAM JAYAWANT DALVI

Commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of a playwright, novelist, and author

Pradeep Velankar, Shailesh Datar, Suhas Joshi, Swati Chitnis

Chair: Rajeev Naik

PINNING THE LOCATION

The language of place in creative nonfiction

Workshop by Darius Stewart

MYSTORY Prose Winners

Where creativity meets passion. Listen to winners from our online contest read out their original piece of writing.

Sneha Sharma, Ritika Bali

ECHOES OF EMPIRE

The blueprint from Ireland to India

Jane Ohlmeyer, William Dalrymple

Chair: Dinyar Patel

A MOSAIC OF ME

A spoken word performance by diverse first-time poets

Chaired by Joanna Yang

SULTAN PADAMSEE PLAYWRITING AWARD

Performed excerpts from this year's shortlist, followed by a discussion with the playwrights

Bettina Gracias, Meera Sitaraman, Parashar Kulkarni, Ram Ganesh Kamatham

Chair: Ayesha Sayani

FINE LINES

Poems from around the world

Darius Stewart, Joanna Yang, Kazim Ali, Ostap Slyvynsky, Rob Waters

BIG STORIES FOR SMALL READERS

Writing for children

Workshop by Maddalena Vaglio Tanet

Supported by Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai

ORPHEUS

A re-telling of the Greek myth through music and spoken word 

Performed by Wright&Grainger

Performance Partner Kotak

Supported by British Council

CRIME & TIME AGAIN

Stories of love, terror and revenge

Hussain Zaidi in conversation with Rupangi Sharma

PILGRIMS & POETS

Launch of Henning Stegmüller's Once Upon a Time in India followed by a conversation about a poet, an Indologist, and the people of Maharashtra

Henning Stegmüller, Vijaya Chitre

Chair: Savitri Medhatul

CHANGING LANES
Preview of Prajakta Koli's 'Too Good To Be True'; followed by a conversation about her fascination with fiction

Prajakta Koli in conversation with Tarana Raja

Presented by Kotak

WHIZ BOOM BANG!
Imagining an accidental superhero

Huma Qureshi in conversation with Tarana Raja

Presented by Kotak

LITERATURE LIVE! 2024 CLOSING ADDRESS

A celebration of the extraordinary life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall followed by REASONS FOR HOPE

Straight talk by Dr. Jane Goodall

POETRY IN THE PARK

Diverse verses and resonant voices

A poetry open mic hosted by Poets of Mumbai

THE METAMORPHOSIS

A performed reading of Franz Kafka's seminal novella

Performed by Readings in the Shed

Performance supported by Goethe Institut Max Mueller Bhavan

GODREJ LITERATURE LIVE! 2024 AWARDS

Presentation of literary awards in fiction, non-fiction, business and playwriting categories