Kathmandu | The organizers of the Himalayan Literature Festival & Writers’ Workshop 2026 have announced the upcoming edition of one of South Asia’s major international literary gatherings. The event will bring together poets, novelists, memoirists, translators, filmmakers, scholars, journalists, and emerging writers from Nepal and across the world.
The festival will be held from May 29 to June 5, 2028, at the Hotel Malla in . This year’s edition focuses on themes of healing, consciousness, creativity, memory, and cultural dialogue in a rapidly changing global environment.
Internationally acclaimed participants include Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Tracy K. Smith and Paul Muldoon, novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz, poet and translator Tony Barnstone, Himalayan poet Yuyutsu Sharma, Irish literary editor Martin Doyle, Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang, along with writers from Nepal, India, Ireland, Austria, Poland, the United States, and other countries.
The week-long program will feature masterclasses, workshops, keynote sessions, poetry readings, literary discussions, film screenings, and cultural excursions. Major topics include AI and creative writing, women’s literature, indigenous storytelling, trauma and healing, translation, and the future of literature in the digital age.
The festival will also emphasize emerging writers through mentorship programs, youth poetry platforms, and international collaboration, while offering cultural visits to heritage sites including Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Boudhanath, Budhanilkantha, and Nagarkot, reinforcing Nepal’s growing role as a global literary hub.
