State / Union Territory | City | Festival name | Organised by | Month | First held |
Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF) | | June-July | 2008 |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh Literati | Chandigarh Literary Society | November - December | 2013 |
Delhi | New Delhi | Jashn-e-Rekhta | Rekhta Foundation | December | 2015 |
Goa | Panaji | Goa Arts and Literature Festival | International Centre, Goa | December | 2010 |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad International Literature Festival | IKON Education Foundation | November - December | 2016 |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Gujarat Literature Festival | | December - January | 2014 |
Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar | Kashmir Literature Festival | | | |
Kerala | Kollam | Thirunalloor Kavyolsavam | | May | 2007 |
Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters | Mathrubhumi newspaper group | January - February | 2018 |
Kerala | Kozhikode | Kerala Literature Festival | DC Kizhakemuri Foundation | January - February | 2016 |
Kerala | Kochi | Kochi International Book Festival | AntharashtraPusthakotsava Samithi, Kochi | December | 2000 |
Maharashtra | Mumbai | Gateway Litfest | Passion 4 Communication & Kaakka, Mumbai | February - March | 2015 |
Maharashtra | Pune | Pune International Literary Festival | | September | 2013 |
Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Kalinga Literary Festival | | June | 2013 |
Rajasthan | Jaipur | Jaipur Literature Festival | | January | 2006 |
Rajasthan | Udaipur | The Great Indian Literary Festival | | January - February | 2017 |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Lit for Life | The Hindu newspaper | January | 2010 |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Queer LitFest, Chennai | Queer Chennai Chronicles | September | 2018 |
Telangana | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Literary Festival | Hyderabad Literary Trust | January | 2010 |
Telangana | Hyderabad | Verba Maximus | BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus | January - February | 2011 |
Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Lucknow Literary Festival | Lucknow Society | February - March | 2013 |
Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh | AMU Literary Festival | Aligarh Muslim University | March | 2015 |
Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur | Gorakhpur Literary Fest | | | 2017 |
Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi | Bundelkhand Literature Festival | | | 2020 |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Dehradun Literature Festival | | January - February | 2016 |
West Bengal | Kolkata | Chair Poetry Evenings | Chair Literary Trust | November | 2018 |
Various | Various | The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival | | | 2012 |
Various | Various | Kitab Festival | | | |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Kite Festival | Gujarat Tourism | January | 2024 |