KARACHI: The 2-day 8th Karachi Literature Festival will be held from February 10 at Beach Luxury Hotel here under the auspicious of Oxford University Press (OUP).
A statement issued here on Monday said that writers belonging to different countries besides from Pakistan, who work in various languages have been invited to assemble under one roof in the festival.
Events include books launching, English and Urdu poetry, standup comedy, signature of authors on the books, performing arts, arts exhibition, film screening, music, dance and book fair will be organised in the event.
Since 2017 marks the completion of seven decades of Pakistan’s independence, the theme of the festival will be a peek into the varying facets of the country through subjects as diverse as honour killings, teaching of history, and climate change.
Some of the illustrious names participating include Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Amar Jalil, Fehmida Riaz, Zafar Hilaly, Victoria Schofield, and Zia Mohyuddin.
Among the prominent persons from outside Pakistan will be Shabnam from Bangladesh and American Roger Long, a biographer of the late Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.
The sponsors this year include the Consulate-General of Germany in Karachi, the US Consulate-General, the Manchester Literature Festival, the British Council, the British Deputy-High Commission, Consulate-General of Switzerland, Karachi, American Institute of Pakistan Studies, Consulate-General of Italy, and Goethe-Institut.
