Literature aficionados and Jaipur Literature Festival goers, it's time to gear up for the third edition of the JLF happening at Boulder this September! Set to be held at the Boulder Public Library, from September 15th to 17th 2017, the festival boasts of more than 70 authors from across the world--from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe who will be partaking in this edition.

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The names include the likes of Michael Rezendes from the Boston Globe's famed ‘Spotlight' team who exposed the Catholic church scandal; Suki Kim, the only reporter to have gone undercover in North Korea; author-columnist, diplomat, and current Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna; iconic poet Anne Waldman; diplomat and author Vikas Swarup of “Slumdog Millionaire” fame; Christina Lamb author of “The Africa House” and “I Am Malala”, co-authored with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai; Emmy Award-winning writer Kayhan Irani and Alberto Ruy-Sánchez, fiction and non-fiction writer, poet and essayist from Mexico City.

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The authors will bring up provocative conversations about life and society, economics and the arts, equity, freedom, and the care of our planet. 40 sessions will be spread over three days; covering themes that include migration and cultural appropriation, 100 years of the Russian Revolution, feminism across cultures, journalism and reportage, nature and the environment, U.S. gun culture, Native American rights, yoga and meditation, constitutions, LGBT, Latino, African American and Native American voices. To those attending the festival on any, or all of the three days, it's going to be one of the most nourishing experiences, culturally.

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If you're planning to attend the festival, you can check out more details on registration and the complete list of speakers and performances here: http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/boulder/