13th Edition of Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2022 to host speakers from different genres on the second day
Kolkata, 21 January 2022: The much-awaited 13th Edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival has started off on 21st January and is to go on till 23rd January. AKLF2022 will also mark the beginning of the Centenary year celebrations for the iconic Oxford Bookstores. The three-day literary extravaganza presents a speaker and a guest line-up of more than 50 authors, journalists, influencers, thinkers, poets, international best-selling writers, and Bollywood actors. AKLF2022 will focus on fiction, non-fiction, gastronomy, mental and physical health, poetry, politics, current affairs, parenthood, translations, history, children’s and adult literature among other themes, through a total of 24 interactive sessions. The second day likewise is all set to host speakers ranging from eminent national T.V journalists, Film Historians to Shobhaa De’s new book on love affairs during the lockdown and the last session of the day on the master of his work, Raj Kapoor.
AKLF2022 will be live-streamed on the official Facebook and YouTube handles of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival as well as across Oxford Bookstores.
Schedule of AKLF 2022: 22nd January (Saturday)
Unfiltered: Vir Sanghvi and Seema Goswami
Vir Sanghvi and Seema Goswami in conversation with Shreya Punj
(2.00pm – 2.40pm)
The Tale of Two (and more) Cities
Deepanjana Pal, Indranee Ghosh and Sandip Roy in conversation with Nilanjana S. Roy
(3.00pm – 3.40 pm)
Living it Colourful with Andy Griffiths
Session Partner: Apeejay School
(4.00pm – 4.40pm)
A Smorgasboard of Cinematic Delights
Anupama Chopra in conversation with Aseem Chhabra
(5.00pm – 5.40pm)
Celebrating Disguished Film Historian Chidananda Dasgupta
Aparna Sen, Goutam Ghose and Kalyan Ray in conversation with Aseem Chabra
(6.00pm – 6.40pm)
“Lockdown Liasons” – Love in the Time of Covid
Shobhaa De in conversation with Oindrilla Dutt
(7.00pm – 7.40pm)
Immunity: Our Survival Kit
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor and Dr. Mickey Mehta in conversation with Sourish Bhattacharyya
(8.00pm – 8.40pm)
Raj Kapoor – The Master at Work
Rahul Rawail in conversation with Vani Tripathi Tikoo
(9.00pm – 9.40 pm)
About Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival
Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, India’s only literary Festival created by a bookstore and Kolkata’s first literary festival, reflects our city’s vibrancy of thought, its engagement with the literary world at large and explores literature as part of our tangible and intangible heritage. Celebrate books, music, art, film, and more with the finest creative minds in the nation and globally, as events unfold at the city’s magnificent heritage sites. Please visit www.aklf.in to know more.
About Oxford Bookstores
Established in 1919, Oxford Bookstore is one of the oldest heritage bookstores of the nation. It is India’s only bookstore to curate multiple literary festivals like Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob and Hindi Sahitya Utsav. The Oxford Bookstore not only offers book lovers access to the very best books and ambience, but also India’s first of its kind tea boutique, Cha Bar. At Oxford Bookstores, success is measured by the smiles on millions of happy readers that the brand has served over the last 100 years. Each time you walk into our iconic store in Kolkata, its old-world charm leaves you enchanted and desiring for more. Our fleet of ‘happy to help’ the knowledgeable booksellers and conversant hosts, work round the clock to bring to our vendees and world-class reading experience. Be it through our books or our fine teas we abide by the brand’s motto – Much more than a bookstore – at every Bookstore.
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