Booker Prize Winners Kiran Desai and Damon Galgut to Headline Shillong Literary Festival
The sixth Shillong Literary Festival will take place from November 12 to 14 at Ward's Lake, featuring Booker Prize winners Kiran Desai and Damon Galgut as headliners. Desai won in 2006 and was recently shortlisted for 2025, while Galgut won in 2021 and has been shortlisted three times. The festival will highlight Meghalaya's indigenous literary traditions alongside national and international voices. Pre-festival events include a writing competition and workshops on writing, photography, and book industry careers, supported by Meghalaya's Department of Tourism.
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news18 broke this story on 10 Oct, 04:31 am. Other outlets followed.
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