Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2020 – MBIFL ’20

Mathrubhumi International Festival of letters will bring together international and Indian writers with sessions devoted to divergent topics, trends, ideas and genres ranging from fiction, poetry, nonfiction, politics, environment, travel and cinema prominently. Held under the theme “Shrinking Spaces. Transcending Letters”, the festival will have a strong field of speakers from across the world. MBIFL ’20 will have a large contingent of close to 50 foreign speakers who include poets, novelists, academics, graphic novelists, and journalists. There are over 250 speakers from Kerala & across India thus making the total speaker resource of over 300.

MBIFL will host numerous sessions devoted to divergent topics, trends, ideas and genres ranging from fiction, poetry, non-fiction, politics, environment, travel and cinema. The logo of the festival is designed based on the first consonant – ‘Ka’- in Malayalam. The depiction has the letter standing tall against a vibrant, multi-hued background. Every word creates a universe of meanings linked to individual or collective memory, each alphabet sparks an explosion of imagination. ‘Ka’ in Malayalam does it precisely. The enticing and exciting world ‘Ka’ unravels is a cognitive journey. MBIFL intends to reflect the ineffable nature of the human condition offering incandescent possibilities of imagination and creativity.