Neev Literature Festival 2025
September 20 and 21, 2025
Neev Academy, Yemalur, Bengaluru
We celebrate books and reading with two days of immersive author interactions, engaging performances, and creative workshops by some of the best names in Indian and global children’s literature. Perfect for young readers, older children, and the young at heart, NLF is a celebration of stories that spark the imagination.

Glimpses from the Neev Literature Festival 2024
NLF Reading Challenge 2024
The NLF Reading Challenge is designed to get children to read more, reflect on and discuss their reading, interact with authors, and connect with other readers like themselves.
NLF Reading Challenge 2024
Author Interactions












Neev Book Award 2024
The Neev Book Award for distinguished children’s literature aims to recognize outstanding writing that leads to a fuller understanding of India, Indian lives, and Indian stories.

NLF Fellowships for
Children’s Book Creators
NLF in Media

The Times of India | ‘It’s social media Vs humanity, kids will read if we give them right books’
The 8th edition of the Neev Literature Festival for children reasserted the power of stories with a range of stellar writers speaking about the magic of writing and how books will outlive the social media and artificial intelligence fad.

YourStory | 2,000+ curated titles, 85 delegates, and 100+ sessions: Neev Literature Festival aims to connect young readers
Neev Literature Festival 2024, to be held in Bengaluru on September 28 and 29, promises to bring alive books, stories, and conversations around the theme ‘Stumble upon your next story.’
The NLF Report: Children’s Literature in India 2022
advancement. However, the spend on children’s trade books (leisure) in India is miniscule compared to other developing and developed nations
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