Vizag Junior Lit Fest 2025: Registrations open for 2 days of tales and enjoyable for younger readers

The fourth version of the Vizag Junior Lit Fest, organised by Lit Lantern Culture and Literature Society, is ready to happen on November 8 and 9 at Hawa Mahal. Conceived as a platform the place younger minds have interaction with literature and inventive expression, the competition this 12 months guarantees a broader canvas of concepts and participation. With 20 audio system and one theatre group, it’ll host as many as 102 classes that includes authors, illustrators, cartoonists and life talent coaches who will work together with kids and fogeys by means of workshops and discussions. Registration for the paid classes begins on October 11, with enrolments open from 10am onwards at Tanishq on VIP Road, Pages Book Store and Book Magic Library. Organisers say they anticipate sturdy participation from colleges and households throughout the town, reflecting the rising curiosity amongst younger readers and educators in significant literary engagement.

Among the contributors this 12 months are Abhishek Talwar, Asha Nehemiah, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, Ajit Narayan, Ameen Haque, Ankit Dwivedi, Devika Cariapa, Vikram Sridhar, Jyoti Pande and Vaishali Shroff. The focus of the upcoming version strikes past studying and writing to embody character improvement, talent enhancement and themes that resonate deeply with kids and younger adults. Discussions on physique positivity, mindfulness, well-being and management abilities will take centre stage, alongside classes that draw from real-life tales of braveness and alter. This 12 months, the competition additionally introduces a component of storytelling session by Dipna Daryanani that includes motion in storytelling, designed to assist kids expertise and categorical narratives by means of efficiency and rhythm. The organisers have structured the classes to attraction to completely different age teams and ranges of engagement. For kids, there shall be interactive workshops with writers and illustrators that discover how tales are created and the way characters come to life on the web page. Life talent coaches will conduct classes that mix literature with self-awareness, encouraging contributors to look inward whereas studying to precise themselves confidently.

The competition additionally consists of classes for adults who accompany their younger readers. Workshops on storytelling and video games, talks on reworking passive social media shopping into energetic creativity, and discussions on constructing studying habits and careers in inventive industries are among the many highlights. There shall be classes on self-publishing and the evolving panorama of inventive work for aspiring writers, educators and fogeys who want to nurture an surroundings of curiosity at residence. Among the anticipated performances this 12 months are The Sound of Music and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, staged by the Helen O’Grady staff from Mumbai.

Registrations start on October 11 from 10am onwards at Tanishq on VIP Road, Pages Book Store and Book Magic Library. For particulars, contact 9866628484.