Bhutan to Lit-Up! Drukyul’s Literature Festival Back with 12th Edition 

Good news for literature lovers! Bhutan Echoes is set to hold Drukyul’s Literature Festival from the 4th to the 6th of August in Thimphu. The annual literature festival aims to celebrate works of literature and arts by Bhutanese and international authors, thinkers, artists and influencers, and promote Bhutanese literature, culture and arts to the world.

This year, the 12th edition of the literature festival will take place in the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) auditorium in the capital Thimphu. The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Reconnecting and Reviving’, which is so much in sync with the current tourism policy of Bhutan. The festival will feature more than 35 in-person sessions and programs that celebrate the diverse fields of literature, arts and culture. Visitors will get beautiful opportunities to experience evocative sights and sounds, stunning art exhibitions, music performances, interactive workshops, open mic nights, poetry readings, film screenings and more.

This year’s exciting speaker line-up includes Professor Toby Walsh (Laureate fellow, and professor of artificial intelligence at the UNSW), Benjamin Flouw (Author and illustrator of The Golden Glow), Jean-Marc Rochette (Creator/artist and illustrator of The Snowpiercer), among others. The festival will feature esteemed speakers and new voices from India, Nepal, East Asia, Europe, and the US.

Drukyul’s Literature Festival by Bhutan Echoes is an annual literary festival that brings together acclaimed speakers, thinkers, authors and artists from Bhutan and around the world to motivate pertinent conversations and has immersive experiences of Bhutan’s culture, art and natural beauty. It’s a place to learn, share, reflect, connect and reimagine ourselves and the world around us through books, storytelling, art, culture and music,” concluded Dorji Dhradhul, the Director General of the Department of Tourism.

Bhutan Echoes is a not-for-profit organization that coordinates and produces events to promote literature, culture, and art in Bhutan, culminating in the Drukyul’s Literature Festival, an annual international literary festival held in Bhutan.

Her Majesty the Queen Mother of Bhutan, Gyalyum Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck is the Chief Patron of Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul’s Literature Festival.

Drukyul’s Literature Festival is an annual celebration of literature and arts in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck. The festival is an independently organized not-for-profit event that is free and open to all.

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