Port Blair, Oct. 21: The Department of Art & Culture, A&N Administration with the support of Kala Kendra Society is organizing Andaman Literature Fest from 22-24 October 2019 from 10.00 am to 5 p.m. at the Conference Hall of Megapode Resort, Haddo.

The festival has invited a range of authors from mainland with writings from different genres like popular fiction, mystery and horror novels,  travel writings, illustrated books on nature and natural beauty of which the islands has a rich heritage. The three days festival will have Book Reading Sessions, Writing Workshops, Panel Discussions on different writing genres with these authors. A session is exclusively dedicated to authors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Five mainland authors, Kiran Manral, Debeshi Gooptu, Bijal Vachharajani, Sejal Mehta and Rohan Chakravarty will participate in the festival. 

Shri Vikram Dev Dutt IAS, Chief Secretary (i/c), A&N Administration will inaugurate the fest on 22nd October 2019 at 10:30 a.m at the Conference Hall of  Megapode Resort.