Join us for the 12^th edition of KathaVana—a bilingual (Kannada and English) annual children’s literature festival hosted by Azim Premji University since 2012 — to promote children’s engagement with literature and introduce teachers to the power and relevance of literature in children’s lives. 

Each edition of KathaVana takes up a theme and explores issues related to that theme more closely.The theme for the 12^th edition — KathaVana 2023— is Teachers Writing for Children.

We welcome you to join us for our On-campus Children’s Literature Festival (fondly called The Mela). The event will have around 1,000 people (including 850 children) in attendance at Azim Premji University’s Bengaluru campus. 

Schedule

Resource Persons

Know more about the resource persons leading the stalls at KathaVana 2023:

Visit the stalls of publishers and bookhouses that showcase and sell children’s literature:

Join KathaVana 2023 — Teachers’ Stall by teachers participating in the Teacher Professional Development workshop (in September and December 2023) to explore the work done by schoolchildren in their classrooms.

We welcome you to the 22 stalls that will have authors, illustrators, theatre performers, storytellers, poets, publishers, folk art performers, and more, to introduce children in person to different ways of engaging with literature.

We look forward to your joining the event and making it a success!

For more information, please visit this page.