9th Literature Festival to take place on December 29

Kathmandu- The 9th Literature Festival will be organised in Pokhara on December 29-30. The Festival will be organised virtually amid ongoing COVID-19 risk, said the organiser Bookworm Foundation at a press conference here on Saturday.

“Voices from various quarters in favour of continuing it amid the infection risks resulted in a decision to organise it,” said the Festival’s director Ajit Baral. All sessions of the Festival would be aired lived through social networking sites or the official Youtube of the Festival, said Baral.

This edition of the Festival will have 16 sessions and more than 40 speakers from various walks of life including litterateurs, authors, journalists and artists.

To be sponsored by IME Group, a business conglomerate, the Festival this year would help promote Pokhara, a famous tourist destination, in national and international level, he said.