The Jaipur Literature Festival, held annually in the historic Pink City of Jaipur in India’s vibrant state of Rajasthan, is hailed worldwide as the ‘greatest literary show on Earth’. In February 2025, the 18th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival reaffirmed the power of books and ideas through a remarkable line-up of speakers and sessions. The Festival’s indomitable energy and spirit travels across the world, in its international JLF editions, to several countries that include the US, UK, Spain, the Maldives, Australia and the Middle-East, and seamlessly merge the rich multilingual literary traditions of South Asia with the unique essence of the host regions.

In the US, JLF makes its way to New York; Houston; Boulder, Colorado; Seattle; and North Carolina, bringing together unique offerings of literature, geopolitics, art and music with inspirational writers and thinkers. Through the Covid years, virtual versions of JLF kept the spirit of creative conversations alive with writers, thinkers, poets, artists, and filmmakers engaged in insightful discourse. 

This year, the vibrant energy of the Jaipur Festival makes its return to New York. The 9th edition of the festival shall take place at Asia Society, The National Art Club, The Center for Fiction, and on September 9th & 10th, 2025.

In 2024, we successfully held another onground edition of JLF New York, following two successful virtual editions, held in collaboration with the Consulate General of India, New York, Asia Society, The National Arts Club, The Centre for Fiction, and Sundaram Tagore Gallery. 

This year, we return to celebrate the cosmopolitan spirit and boundless energy of New York City. We once again bring forth our signature camaraderie, a veritable caravan of ideas, and the enrapturing flow of conversations, that continue to make our festival truly incredible!