Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters
mathrubhumi international festival letter mbifl annual literary festival take place indian city thiruvananthapuram kerala founded organised mathrubhumi newspaper group festival director sabin iqbal inaugural edition festival happened three day february february owing good response second edition festival extended day took place january february announced book year literary award honour celebrate best indian literature would presented first time festival cash prize r lakh given best work fiction published english third edition festival took place january february theme shrinking space transcending letter featuring speaker india around world notable participant representing leading indian writer well name abroad included lemn sissay margaret busby dean atta alexander mccall smith tatenda taibu romesh gunesekera shashi tharoor vasudevan nair discussion taking place wide range topic covering aspect art culture gender politics sport topic inaugural book year award presented winner vinod kumar shuklas blue like blue translated english arvind krishna mehrotra sara rai four day edition mbifl held people attended event