First Hay festival to be held in Trivandrum
October 19, 2010
For the first time in India the world renowned Hay festival will be held in trivandrum on November 12 to 14 at Kanakakkunu palace. The event will have a gathering of more than 50 authors thinkers and performers from all across the world.
Confirmed guests include Mani Shankar Aiyar, Rosie Boycott, Gillian Clarke, William Dalrymple, Tishani Doshi, Sonia Faleiro, Sebastian Faulks, Bama Faustina, Bob Geldof, Namita Gokhale, Nik Gowing, Sister Jesme, Manu Joseph, NS Madhavan, Jaishree Mishra, Anita Nair, Vivek Narayanan, Michelle Paver, Basharat Peer, Hannah Rothschild, K Satchidanandan, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Schama, Vikram Seth, CP Surendran, Miguel Syjuco, Tarun Tejpal, Shashi Tharoor, Amrita Tripathi, Pavan Varma, Jorge Volpi and Paul Zacharia.
The hay festival is sponsored by The week and Team work productions to see the best of the world of literature, with access to regional as well as international literary figures: an eclectic mix of intellectual and cultural events. The musical highlight of The Week Hay Festival will be a performance by Irish singer and songwriter of The Boomtown Rats, author and political activist Bob Geldof, KBE. Other performances on the programme include Swaratma and Avial.
Tickets can be obtained online through the official hay festival kerala website or through DC books.For more information log on to Hayfestival portal.
Related Posts
11th DC international book fair & Cultural fest in trivandrum
The 11th edition of the dc international book fair will be held at Kanakakunnu palace
‘ Another Me ‘ -An Exhibition of Photographs by Achinto Bhadra in Trivandrum
Alliance Française de Trivandrum in association with the Embassy of France in India will
Shashi Tharoor’s One year in Parliament
Even though he had only one year to make his mark as a Member of
Hay Festival in Trivandrum
Trivandrum will play host to Hay Festival, a popular event in Wales. Till the current
Shashi Tharoor’s first Onam in Kerala
It was the first Onam in Kerala for Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Shiby Jacob, Jeetu Vijayan. Jeetu Vijayan said: Hay festival @ Trivandrum | The week Hay festival India | #Trivandrum News http://bit.ly/cxEFZG Pls RT dear tweeps
[...]
on October 20th, 2010Trivandrum was preferred to Delhi by the Hay festival organizers. for its serenity.
on October 20th, 2010