Mysuru: The Literary Fests are the happening events today in many big cities’ calendar. It all began with the Jaipur Literature Festival started in 2006 with just 30 writers, is the biggest festival today. The other festivals that followed include the Kolkata Literature Festival, Hyderabad Literary Festival, Tata Literature Live, Ooty Literary Festival and Bangalore Literature Festival.
However, many bibliophiles in our own city that has never been short of writers, authors and poets — and the list includes the likes of Kuvempu, Triveni, Ha.Ma Nayak, Dejagow, R.K. Narayan, U.R. Ananthamurthy, Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, Devanuru Mahadeva, Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar — were always wondering when it would have its own Literary Festival.
