The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) is an international literary festival held annually in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
LLF 2015 drew over 75,000 to the halls and grounds of Alhamra Arts Center to hear a mix of Punjabi, Pakistani and international speakers including Romila Thapar, Abdullah Hussein, Ayesha Jalal, Asma Jahangir, Eve Ensler, Roger Cohen, Mohsin Hamid, Laurent Gayer, Rahul Singh, Hameed Haroon, Yasmine El Rashidi, Naseeruddin Shah, Joe Sacco, Romesh Gunesekera, Ziauddin Sardar, Osman Samiuddin, Mushtaq Soofi, and Aminatta Forna.
Editions
Past editions have featured Tariq Ali, Vikram Seth, Zehra Nigah, Bapsi Sidhwa, William Dalrymple, Gavin Francis, Amin Jaffer, Shahzia Sikander, Kenize Mourad, Amit Chaudhuri, Amjad Islam Amjad, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Vali Nasr, Samia Mahrez, Linda Bird Francke, Victoria Schofield, Hugh Eakin, Naman Ahuja, Rachel Dwyer, Tehmina Durrani, Basharat Peer, Urvashi Butalia, Jeet Thayil, Nayyar Ali Dada, Framji Minwalla, Jugnu Mohsin, Nadeem Aslam, Moni Mohsin, Shehan Karunatilaka, Florence Noiville, Zia Mohyeddin, Bilal Tanweer, Rashid Rana, Ebba Koch, Owen Bennett Jones, Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi, Aamer Hussein, Namita Gokhale, Shazaf Fatima Haider, Shrabani Basu and many more.
The LLF was established in 2013 and is typically a three-day festival, held at the Alhamra Arts Center. Founded by Razi Ahmed , its governance structure includes a Board of Governors chaired by Iqbal Z. Ahmed and an Advisory Board led by Nusrat Jamil . The first edition was a two-day event held on 23 and 24 February 2013. The second edition was held from 21 to 23 February 2014. In 2015, the third edition was held from 20 to 22 February.