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Booker Winners Kiran Desai and Damon Galgut to Headline Shillong Literary Festival
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News18•10-10-2026, 10:00
Booker Winners Kiran Desai and Damon Galgut to Headline Shillong Literary Festival
- •Booker Prize-winning authors Kiran Desai and Damon Galgut will headline the sixth edition of the Shillong Literary Festival.
- •The three-day festival will be held at Ward’s Lake from November 12 to 14, supported by the Meghalaya government.
- •The event will showcase Meghalaya's literary heritage alongside national and international literary voices.
- •Organizers announced a pre-festival writing contest called First Bloom, offering cash prizes for emerging writers from the Northeast.
- •Several workshops covering the book industry, creative writing, and photography are planned ahead of and during the festival.
Key Questions Answered
The sixth edition of the Shillong Literary Festival will be held from November 12 to 14 at Ward's Lake in Shillong.
Booker Prize-winning authors Kiran Desai and Damon Galgut are the first major headliners announced for the festival.
Entries for the 'First Bloom: Discovering New Writing from the Northeast' open call will close on October 20, with the winner receiving Rs 50,000 and the runner-up receiving Rs 25,000.
