Assam, Jan 28, 2017: Assam is the new member of the cities organising literary jamborees group. Assam's BLF ie. Brahmaputra Literary Festival is the new attraction in the already mesmerising North-east. BLF will last for three days wherein it will witness the participation of approximately 150 authors from India and abroad.

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BLF is a well-planned event organised by the National Book Trust and the Assam government. It will host 60-panel discussions, book releases, readings and culture events including screenings of films based on books, musical and dance performances.

NBT Director and a Sahitya Akademi winning Assamese author Dr Rita Choudhury gave a statement saying, "We have aimed to make the festival a landmark event of the country's literary calendar which will not only expose people to interact with famed litterateurs but also take literature of the northeast to the rest of the country and the world."

"There are many popular literary festivals in the country but the northeast with such a rich literary tradition, both past and contemporary, is yet to have one and the BLF wants to change that," Choudhury said.

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"We hope that the festival will become an annual feature of the country's literary calendar and not only encourage new ideas and their dissemination but also offer a platform for intellectual exchanges," she said.

Carlo Pizzati from Italy, Clara Penalvar from Spain, Randy Teguchi from Japan, Linda Christanty from Indonesia, Dhunpal Raj Heeraman and Ramdeo Dhorundhur from Mauritius, Rajivawizesinha from Sri Lanka and Selina Hossain and Shaheen Akhtar from Bangladesh are few of the many contemporary authors that are expected to participate in the festival. The festival will be inaugurated by Union Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar.

– prepared by Shambhavi Sinha of NewsGram. Twitter: @shambhavispeaks