| State / Union Territory |
City |
Festival name |
Organised by |
Month |
First held
|
| Andhra Pradesh |
Guntur |
Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF) |
|
June-July |
2008
|
| Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh Literati |
Chandigarh Literary Society |
November - December |
2013
|
| Delhi |
New Delhi |
Jashn-e-Rekhta |
Rekhta Foundation |
December |
2015
|
| Goa |
Panaji |
Goa Arts and Literature Festival |
International Centre, Goa |
December |
2010
|
| Gujarat |
Ahmedabad |
Ahmedabad International Literature Festival |
IKON Education Foundation |
November - December |
2016
|
| Gujarat |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarat Literature Festival |
|
December - January |
2014
|
| Jammu and Kashmir |
Srinagar |
Kashmir Literature Festival |
|
|
|
| Karnataka |
Bengaluru |
Bengaluru Literature Festival |
Lalit Ashok |
December |
2024
|
| Kerala |
Kollam |
Thirunalloor Kavyolsavam |
|
May |
2007
|
| Kerala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters |
Mathrubhumi newspaper group |
January - February |
2018
|
| Kerala |
Kozhikode |
Kerala Literature Festival |
DC Kizhakemuri Foundation |
January - February |
2016
|
| Kerala |
Kochi |
Kochi International Book Festival |
AntharashtraPusthakotsava Samithi, Kochi |
December |
2000
|
| Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
Gateway Litfest |
Passion 4 Communication & Kaakka, Mumbai |
February - March |
2015
|
| Maharashtra |
Pune |
Pune International Literary Festival |
|
September |
2013
|
| Odisha |
Bhubaneswar |
Kalinga Literary Festival |
|
June |
2013
|
| Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
Jaipur Literature Festival |
|
January |
2006
|
| Rajasthan |
Udaipur |
The Great Indian Literary Festival |
|
January - February |
2017
|
| Tamil Nadu |
Chennai |
Lit for Life |
The Hindu newspaper |
January |
2010
|
| Tamil Nadu |
Chennai |
Queer LitFest, Chennai |
Queer Chennai Chronicles |
September |
2018
|
| Telangana |
Hyderabad |
Hyderabad Literary Festival |
Hyderabad Literary Trust |
January |
2010
|
| Telangana |
Hyderabad |
Verba Maximus |
BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus |
January - February |
2011
|
| Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow |
Lucknow Literary Festival |
Lucknow Society |
February - March |
2013
|
| Uttar Pradesh |
Aligarh |
AMU Literary Festival |
Aligarh Muslim University |
March |
2015
|
| Uttar Pradesh |
Gorakhpur |
Gorakhpur Literary Fest |
|
|
2017
|
| Uttar Pradesh |
Jhansi |
Bundelkhand Literature Festival |
|
|
2020
|
| Uttarakhand |
Dehradun |
Dehradun Literature Festival |
|
January - February |
2016
|
| West Bengal |
Kolkata |
Chair Poetry Evenings |
Chair Literary Trust |
November |
2018
|
| Various |
Various |
The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival |
|
|
2012
|
| Various |
Various |
Kitab Festival |
|
|
|
| Gujarat |
Ahmedabad |
Kite Festival |
Gujarat Tourism |
January |
2024
|