Bookworm Trust, a subsidiary of Bookworm, the bookstore at Jhamsikhel in Patan had organized the four-day literature festival from Thursday, August 18.[break]
Since the beginning of the festival, it had become a hub for the aficionados of books, music, theatre, art, food and culture.
The festival conducted various innovative and interactive sessions with litterateurs and creative minds from and outside Nepal.
During the four days of the festival, about 80 national and international writers participated and talked on various topics.
On the last day of the festival, column writers Rabindra Mishra, Khagendra Sangraula, and CK Lal talked about column writing, kicking off the day’s session.
They were followed by a group of distinguished playwrights – Anup Baral, Sunil Pokhrel, Sarubhakta, and Abhi Subedi – who talked about writing plays.
“Aama,” a collection of short stories by Krishna Dharabasi, was also launched at the event.
Ira Trivedi, model-turned-writer from India, had an interactive session at the event. She is the author of The Great Indian Love Story (Penguin, 2009) and What Would You Do To Save the World? (Penguin, 2006), and There is No Love on Wall Street (Penguin, 2011).
She also read a paragraph from the book “There is No Love on Wall Street” at the event.
“When I arrived here, I found out that this is how India was five or 10 years ago,” said Trivedi.
“When you’re writing, you aren’t just writing; you’re also analyzing and learning,” said Trivedi. “Literature is a broad word, and any book is literature of some sort,” said Trivedi, answering a question from the audience.
When another asked for writing tips, she said, “The most important step in being a writer is reading more and more to expand your knowledge base. The next step is to develop a sense of discipline,” said Trivedi.
Thereafter the session on “Writing in the Mofussil,” with Krishna Bhusan Bal and Tritha Shrestha was conducted in which they talked about writers outside Kathmandu and the difficulties they face.
Jagadish Ghimire and Dhurba Chandra Gautam talked On “Writing and Survival.”
At the final session of the event, Ramchandra Timothy, Krishna Hari Banskota, and Kiran Krishna Shrestha participated in a talk about publishing in Nepal.
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