This is a list of notable literary festivals in India. The list consists only of those festivals that already have an article on Wikipedia.

Ongoing Festivals

State / Union TerritoryCityFestival nameOrganised byMonthFirst held
Andhra PradeshGunturGuntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF)June-July2008
ChandigarhChandigarhChandigarh LiteratiChandigarh Literary SocietyNovember - December2013
DelhiNew DelhiJashn-e-RekhtaRekhta FoundationDecember2015
GoaPanajiGoa Arts and Literature FestivalInternational Centre, GoaDecember2010
GujaratAhmedabadAhmedabad International Literature FestivalIKON Education FoundationNovember - December2016
GujaratAhmedabadGujarat Literature FestivalDecember - January2014
Jammu and KashmirSrinagarKashmir Literature Festival
KeralaKollamThirunalloor KavyolsavamMay2007
KeralaThiruvananthapuramMathrubhumi International Festival of LettersMathrubhumi newspaper groupJanuary - February2018
KeralaKozhikodeKerala Literature FestivalDC Kizhakemuri FoundationJanuary - February2016
KeralaKochiKochi International Book FestivalAntharashtraPusthakotsava Samithi, KochiDecember2000
MaharashtraMumbaiGateway LitfestPassion 4 Communication & Kaakka, MumbaiFebruary - March2015
MaharashtraPunePune International Literary FestivalSeptember2013
OdishaBhubaneswarKalinga Literary FestivalJune2013
RajasthanJaipurJaipur Literature FestivalJanuary2006
RajasthanUdaipurThe Great Indian Literary FestivalJanuary - February2017
Tamil NaduChennaiLit for LifeThe Hindu newspaperJanuary2010
Tamil NaduChennaiQueer LitFest, ChennaiQueer Chennai ChroniclesSeptember2018
TelanganaHyderabadHyderabad Literary FestivalHyderabad Literary TrustJanuary2010
TelanganaHyderabadVerba MaximusBITS Pilani, Hyderabad CampusJanuary - February2011
Uttar PradeshLucknowLucknow Literary FestivalLucknow SocietyFebruary - March2013
Uttar PradeshAligarhAMU Literary FestivalAligarh Muslim UniversityMarch2015
Uttar PradeshGorakhpurGorakhpur Literary Fest2017
Uttar PradeshJhansiBundelkhand Literature Festival2020
UttarakhandDehradunDehradun Literature FestivalJanuary - February2016
West BengalKolkataChair Poetry EveningsChair Literary TrustNovember2018
VariousVariousThe Great Indian Film and Literature Festival2012
VariousVariousKitab Festival
GujaratAhmedabadKite FestivalGujarat TourismJanuary2024

Now defunct events

State / Union TerritoryCityFestival nameOrganised byLast held
DelhiNew DelhiIndian Languages FestivalIndia Habitat Centre2019
DelhiNew DelhiKaafiya The Poetry Festival2015
KeralaThiruvananthapuramViswa Malayala Mahotsavam 2012Kerala Sahitya Akademi2012
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