21|22|23
AUGUST 2026

St. John’s Auditorium Koramangala Bengaluru

21|22|23
AUGUST 2026

St. John’s Auditorium Koramangala Bengaluru

ABOUT #BBLF

The world's greatest literary show turns 20 in 2027!

The Book Brahma Foundation is a Bengaluru-based independent charitable trust registered under Section 4 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1982. The Foundation is dedicated to promoting Indian literature, art, and culture in an inclusive and meaningful manner. The Book Brahma Literature Festival is a significant step toward realizing this vision. With two highly successful editions held in 2024 and 2025, the Book Brahma Literature Festival has united South Indian languages in a historic and impactful way. Through #BBLF, the Foundation has created a vibrant platform where thousands of readers, writers, and thinkers come together to engage in dialogue, exchange creative ideas, and share collective wisdom. Today, #BBLF has emerged as one of India’s finest and most essential literature festivals, distinguished by its unique, inclusive, and unifying ethos.

Book Brahma Foundation

The Book Brahma Foundation is a Bengaluru-based independent charitable trust registered under Section 4 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1982. The Foundation is dedicated to promoting Indian literature, art, and culture in an inclusive and meaningful manner. The Book Brahma Literature Festival is a significant step toward realizing this vision. With two highly successful editions held in 2024 and 2025, the Book Brahma Literature Festival has united South Indian languages in a historic and impactful way. Through #BBLF, the Foundation has created a vibrant platform where thousands of readers, writers, and thinkers come together to engage in dialogue, exchange creative ideas, and share collective wisdom. Today, #BBLF has emerged as one of India’s finest and most essential literature festivals, distinguished by its unique, inclusive, and unifying ethos.

The Foundation firmly believes in the power of literature, art, and culture to unite the world. It is equally committed to nurturing a future-ready generation rooted in cultural values, enabling individuals to remain deeply human in an increasingly complex, fast-changing world. In this spirit, the Foundation has launched a dedicated initiative to inculcate cultural awareness among children. This project aims to cultivate strong literary sensibilities by instilling a love for literature, art, and culture at an early age.

While English serves as a global lingua franca, authentic self-expression is most deeply realized through one’s mother tongue. Recognizing this, the Foundation is devoted to fostering and preserving Indian languages by promoting literary awareness and engagement across linguistic communities.

Literature, art, and culture are essential to nurturing humanity and sustaining social harmony. Upholding these values, the Foundation has envisioned long-term initiatives to preserve classical works in Indian languages digitally. Through digitization, it seeks to safeguard India’s rich literary heritage and ensure its accessibility for generations to come.

The Uniting Force

The Book Brahma Literature Festival has rapidly emerged as one of India’s pioneering literature festivals. Within just two years of its inception, #BBLF has evolved into the country’s largest Indian-language literature festival.
Across civilizations, two forces have most powerfully united societies: religion and language. Through literature, language has played a pivotal role in shaping civilizations and nurturing collective consciousness. South India stands as a compelling testament to this truth. With a literary history spanning more than 2,500 years, languages such as Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Kodava, Konkani, Byari, and many others have contributed immeasurably to creating one of the world’s richest literary landscapes—remarkable for both its depth and diversity.

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PHOTO GALLERY 2024 & 2025

VIDEO GALLERY 2024 & 2025

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