The Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) was launched in April 2013 and has been a resounding success right from the start. Inspired by the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) was launched at the end of 2011.
8th Islamabad Literature Festival 2021
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Speakers
8th ILF Programme
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Day 1
Oct 29, 2021
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Day 2 CO-SPONSORED BY NBP FUNDS
Oct 30, 2021
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Day 3
Oct 31, 2021


Inauguration Session


Parvarish e Loh o Qalam: Urdu Shairi ka Maujooda Manzarnama


Afghanistan at the Crossroads


A Personal Chronicle of Pakistan: Preserving History and Heritage


Literature: Connecting across Frontiers


Reimaging Pakistan with Education Reforms


Potohar Mein Adab Ki Soorat e Haal


Book Launch: Journeys Without a Map: A Writer's Life by Marion Molteno


Book Discussion: Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices by Anita M. Weiss


Book Launch: Surkh Salam (Urdu translation)


Book Launch: Dasht e Imkaan (Novel) by Asghar Nadeem Syed


Kashmir: Politics and Power-Sharing


Humne Urdu Ke Bahaane Se Saleeqa Seekha


Crises have no Borders


پاکستانی زبانوں میں افسانہ نگاری کی روایت


Pakistan Here and Now: Insights into Society, Culture, Identity and Diaspora (Edited by Harris Khalique and Irfan Ahmed Khan)


Book Launch: Restless: Instead of an Autobiography by Aamer Hussein


Single National Curriculum: Floor or the Ceiling



South Asia in Emerging Regional Politics


Voices Echoing: English Language Verse


Remembering I.A. Rehman: A Powerful Voice



The Power of Fiction: Tahmima Anam in conversation with Sabyn Javeri


مشاعرہ


Cartooning: No Laughing Matter


Yaad e Raftagaan


Mapping Pakistani Anglophone Literary Landscape


Book Launch: Buri Aurat Ki Doosri Katha by Kishwar Naheed


Book Launch: Dying to Serve, Militarism, Affect and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army by Maria Rashid


Book Launch: Bacha Khan: My Life and Struggle translated from the original Pukhto by Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada



Changing Landscapes: Climate Conversations in Literature and Society
Sponsored by British Council


Book Launch: Hairat ka Bagh by Hameed Shahid


Book Launch: Once Upon a Time in Murree by Omar Mukhtar Khan


Panama, Pandora and Pakistan: Offshore Companies Impact on Pakistan


Digital Education: A New Normal


Book Launch: Womansplaining: Navigating Activism, Politics and Modernity in Pakistan Edited by Sherry Rahman


Book Launch: Marginalisation, Contestation, and Change in South Asian Cities Edited by Nida Kirmani


Pakistan: Current Challenges and Priorities


We the People: What the Constitution says?



Web Series: Future of Digital Entertainment


Closing Ceremony
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