Asia’s second-largest cultural gathering, the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) will be held at Kozhikode beach from January 12 to 15. Around 400 speakers from 12 countries are expected to attend the event to be held in six venues spread across Kozhikode beach. They include Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan, Booker Prize winners Shehan Karunatilaka, Arundhati, Noble Laureates Ada Yonath and Abhijit Banerjee, American Indologist Wendy Doniger among many other luminaries, Booker Prize-winning writers, senior politicians to historians, journalists, Film & Theatre Personalities, Performers & Artists and Diplomats.Invitees from Turkey, Spain, the USA, Britain, Israel, New Zealand, the USA, the Middle East, the Far East, and other parts of the world will be attending. Events include sessions that aim to map literature through discussions on various subjects and topics, fireside chats at night, music concerts, and classical, theatre, and performing artists.