The 12th edition will begin on January 24, 2019, at Diggi Palace in Jaipur. According to the festival organisers, around 250 speakers are expected to attend the 2019 edition of the literary festival. The speakers were unveiled via an online engagement speakers based on clues shared under the hashtag #30Speakers30hours, the release stated. The first list of authors includes :
1.) Alexander Mccall Smith
2.) Amin Jaffer
3.) Andrè Aciman
4.) Andrew Sean Greer
5.) Anish Kapoor
6.) Anuradha Roy
7.) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
8.) Colson Whitehead
9.) Donna Zuckerberg
10.) Germaine Greer
11.) Hari Kunzru
12.) Jeremy Paxman
13.) Lee Anderson
14.) Juergen Boos
15.) Manisha Koirala
16.) Marc Quinn
17.) Markus Zusak
18.) Molly Crabapple
19.) NS Madhavan
20.) Narendra Kohli
21.) Noviolet Bulawayo
22.) Perumal Murugan
23.) Priyamvada Natarajan
24.) Rom Whitaker
25.) Rupert Everett
26.) Simon Sebag Montefiore
27.) Tawfiq E Chowdhur
28.) Uday Prakash
29. Vikram Chandra
30.) Uday prakash
Sanjoy K Roy the managing director of Teamwork Arts, which produces the literary festival, said, “As we wait to celebrate another milestone year of the Jaipur Literature Festival, we look forward to the infectious energy of intellectual debate and the dynamism that charges the festival’s atmosphere and comes from a mingling of celebrated minds, diverse perspectives and heightened cultural experiences “.
So come along People and exchange thoughts and words here at the biggest literary fest.
The festival will continue from 24th january till the 28th january 2019.