The People's Literature Festival | PVLF 2024
PVLF 2024 was an historic landmark for several reasons.
Firstly, it was the first time this festival by PragatiE Vichaar (Arts) ventured into the epicentre of reading in India, and out of hotel hallways, and into the New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan.
Secondly, it was a full 7 days of PVLF which was embedded as part of the largest literary fair in the country - which allowed us to put together a unified event encompassing book launches, live authors, and an amazing level of engagement with the audience in real-time, and allowing the public to celebrate their awards on-ground.
With visitor footfall in the lakhs and reader engagement like never before, this was the year PVLF became a public's festival.
| Event Details | |
|---|---|
| Venue | New Delhi World Book Fair, Pragati Maidan |
| Duration | 7 Days |
| Integrated Events | Launches, live sessions, and awards on-ground throughout the fair |
| Enormous Ad Hoc Audience | Everyone in attendance, walking in and others viewing digitally |
| Accompanied by | National Book Trust, FIP, and many leading publishing houses from India. |
What made PVLF 2024 special:
PVLF 2024 was special as it did not limit its sessions to a venue behind a closed-door, but brought the authors to readers by hitting the ground running - meaning the authors got to be seen by a lot more book-loving visitors to the fair.
Because of both the environment and level of engagement at the fair, we could do:
Actual live storytelling sessions with children and youth. True interactive conversations with readers with the authors.
Real-life feedback, signing tables, and literary familiarity at every turn
This is literature made personal.
PVLF Excellence Awards 2024:
For the first time, the PVLF Awards Ceremony was located inside the book fair, allowing the very readers who voted for the winners to attend.
Author Excellence Awards
Acknowledging literary impact across genres, formats, and roles, the 2024 edition included winners in:
Publisher Excellence Awards
Acknowledging in vision, courage, and cultural contribution through:
Speakers, Sessions & Authors:
PVLF 2024 saw an powerful mix of literary stalwarts, youth icons, well-being advocates, and new voices, including:
Shiv Khera, Ami Ganatra, Rajeev Dr. Aruna Kalra, Megha Ahuja, Deepa Agarwal and many more were the richness of the stageThe Legacy of PVLF 2024:
PVLF 2024 accomplished one thing:
When you gather authors, publishers, and readers in public spaces, not in VIP spaces, stories actually come to life.
With real-time voting, mass engagement and lots of sessions that displayed depth and accessibility, PVLF 2024 was not just a literary event.
It was a celebration of reading, resilience, and the right to be heard."
This was the year literature left the closed room — and came into the hands of the people.
