Read A Kitaab debuts their literature festival in Bengaluru
The book club 'Read A Kitaab' is hosting its first literature festival in Bengaluru on October 10 and 11. The event features various authors and aims to foster a reading culture across different age groups.
Why it matters
It reflects the growing trend of community-led literary events in urban India and the importance of local cultural hubs.
Read A Kitaab is hosting a two-day literature festival in Bengaluru on October 10 and 11 at Atta Galatta in Indiranagar. They have hosted two editions in Mumbai, where the book-club began four years ago; this will be the festival’s debut in Bengaluru.
Founded by Ekta Bhandari and Anurag Kothari, Read A Kitaab initially started as a book community that hosted meetings in Mumbai and online. Today, they have chapters across 12 cities in India with over thirty thousand members. Their book-club hosts thematic monthly book-meets and online Book of the Month discussions.
“It is a community that was built with the aim of bringing back a love for reading and the written word. The idea was to nudge people to
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