12 editions in, and the dialogue continues to grow. #shorts #literature @JLFInternational

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12 editions in, and the dialogue continues to grow.

Engage with the conversations defining this year’s festival. Encounter a confluence of ideas and narratives, where global voices shape stories that reverberate beyond the page.

In London, a historic centre of literary imagination, we convene to celebrate books, debate, and intellectual exchange.

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5th - 7th June, 2026
British Library, London

12 editions in, and the dialogue continues to grow. #shorts #literature

London, are you ready for a literary takeover? #shorts #london #literature

Morning Music | Roopa Mahadevan & Ensemble

Prajakta Koli on Why Women Should Speak Up Without Fear #shorts #prajaktakoli

Fictional Forays | Sonora Jha and Stephen Alter in conversation with Arsen Kashkashian

Too Good To Be True | Prajakta Koli in conversation with Rajan Shah

The Craft of Noir | Vaseem Khan, Ram Murali and Bee Rowlatt in conversation with Yasser Usman

$The Alchemy of Writing | Jeet Thayil and Sheena Kalayil in conversation with Tishani Doshi Two writers, Jeet Thayil and Sheena Kalayil, reflect on the pervious realities of their craft. Poet and novelist Jeet Thayil provocatively dissolves the boundaries between the personal and the political with his unflinching prose. Sheena Kalayil, whose recent novel The Others was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026, brings to her writing a quiet intensity, attentive to the intimacies of displacement, memory, and love. In conversation with Tishani Doshi, they uncover the secrets, compromises and liberties behind the act of writing. In partnership with British Council Jeet Thayil is the author of five novels and five poetry collections, and the editor of The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. His most recent poetry collection, Ill Have It Here, won the Sarojini Naidu Award and the Kalinga Literary Award. His latest novel is The Elsewhereans. Sheena Kalayil is the author of four novels, including The Others, which was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She grew up between Zambia and Kerala and has lived and worked in several countries, including Mozambique and Nepal. She holds a doctorate in sociolinguistics and is a lecturer at the University of Manchester. Tishani Doshi writes poetry, fiction, and essays. Her fifth poetry collection, Egrets, While War, explores the body, violence, and renewal in fractured times. A former lead dancer with the Chandralekha company in Madras, she is the author of multiple award-winning and shortlisted books and serves as a visiting professor at NYU Abu Dhabi. Follow us on – Website - https://jlflitfest.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JLFInternational/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JLFInternational Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jlfinternational/ X - https://twitter.com/JLFLitfest #alchemy #writing #literature$

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JFK and the American Century | Fredrik Logevall in conversation with Anita Anand

At the Edge of Empire: A Familys Reckoning with China | Edward Wong with Maeve Conran