This is a list of notable literary festivals in India. The list consists only of those festivals that already have an article on Wikipedia.

Ongoing Festivals

State / Union Territory City Festival name Organised by Month First held Andhra Pradesh Guntur Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF) June-July 2008Bihar Patna Patna Literary Festivalhttps://patnalitfest.org/ AugustBihar Nalanda Nalanda Literature Festivalhttps://nalandaliteraturefestival.com/Dhanu BiharDecember Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh Literati Chandigarh Literary Society November - December 2013 Delhi New Delhi Jashn-e-Rekhta Rekhta Foundation 2015 Delhi New Delhi Delhi Literature Festival December 2013 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 Jharkhand Jamshedpur Jamshedpur Literature Festivalhttps://www.jamshedpurlitfest.com/Vidyadeep FoundationDecember Karnataka Bengaluru Alliance Literary Festival February 2025https://allianceliteraryfestival.com/ 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 2000KeralaWayanadWayanad Literature FestivalWayanad Literary FoundationDecember2022 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 Gorakhpur Yayawari Bhojpuri Mahotsav 2022 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 Kerala Malappuram Ma Literature Festival MYL January - February2024 Various Various The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival 2012 Various Various Kitab Festival

Now defunct events State / Union Territory City Festival name Organised by Last held Delhi New Delhi Indian Languages Festival India Habitat Centre 2019 Delhi New Delhi Kaafiya The Poetry Festival 2015 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Viswa Malayala Mahotsavam 2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi 2012