ABOUT JLF LONDON at the British Library -2023

Teamwork Arts, producer of the iconic annual Jaipur Literature Festival, celebrates its 10th edition of JLF London at the British Library, from 9th-11th June, 2023.

The five-day Jaipur Literature Festival, held annually in the Pink City of Jaipur, is a celebration of the power of words and ideas amid a riot of colour, music, art and cuisine, through discourse and debate. In January 2023, the 16th edition of the world's biggest literary show was held at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur.

JLF London will embody the multi-faceted spirit of the Jaipur Festival, with its grand ideal of of inclusiveness and community, and be back at the heart of London with a caravan of writers and thinkers, poets, balladeers and raconteurs, who will bring alive South Asia’s unique multilingual literary heritage at the British Library.

In 2022, JLF London took place at the British Library with sessions featuring leading writers such as author Monica Ali speaking on her book Love Marriage, International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree on her award-winning novel Ret Samadhi (Tomb of Sand), Booker Prize winning author Howard Jacobson on his memoir Mother's Boy, historian Simon Sebag Montefiore on Russia, television presenter Anita Rani on her new book The Right Sort of Girl and Indian historian and writer Ramchandra Guha on his latest work, Rebels Against the Raj.

The upcoming edition of JLF London at the British Library is a milestone, marking ten years of the festival in London, and promises to bring together some of the world's most renowned and relevant voices to speak on themes like the Urgency of Borrowed Time (Climate Change), Science and Technology, Shakespeare and PG Wodehouse, Food and Film, History and Diversity, Business and Art, among others.

BRITISH LIBRARY

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest research libraries. Its collection has developed over 250 years and exceeds 150 million separate items representing every age of written civilisation and includes books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, photographs, newspapers and sound recordings in all written and spoken languages.

Meet some of the British Library’s greatest treasures online. Explore some of the greatest writers and their work at Discovering Literature and astonishing collections of Sacred Texts. The Library also looks after South Asian collections of extraordinary range and diversity, and works to share these with the world through importantdigitisation programmes. They include paintings, manuscripts, recordings, photography, books in every language and more, ranging from the Mewar Ramayana to the many stories of Asian people in Britain.

Continuing the Library’s vibrant cultural programme, its next major exhibition will be Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights.

Directors & Producer

Sanjoy K. Roy

Sanjoy K. Roy

Managing Director - Teamwork Arts (Producer)

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William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple

Writer, Historian & Festival Director

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Namita Gokhale

Namita Gokhale

Writer, Publisher & Festival Director

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Teamwork Arts

From Concept to Curation and Design to Production

Teamwork Arts is a highly versatile production company with roots in the performing arts, social action and the corporate world.  For over 30 years, Teamwork Arts has taken India to the world and brought the world to India, presenting the finest of Indian performers, writers, change-makers and visual artistes in the knowledge and arts space in India and abroad.

Every year, we produce over 33 festivals in 42 cities and 17 countries in the fields of performing & visual arts and literature; our venues include Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the UK and USA as well as many eclectic festivals across India. We produce the world's largest literary gathering: the annual Jaipur Literature Festival; JLF international now travels to the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Qatar and the Maldives and soon in Europe.

Even amidst the upheaval and unsettling times of 2020, Teamwork Arts successfully launched the digital series, JLF Brave New World and WORDS ARE BRIDGES, which were viewed by over 4.8 million people in their first season. Through its digital avatar, the Jaipur Literature Festival reached over 19 million viewers in January 2021 and brought together the world’s leading commentators and writers. The digital series Be Inspired was launched in 2021 – a series that crystal gazes into the future with conversations on science, technology, innovation, environment and more.

More information at: www.teamworkarts.com

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