The Jaipur Literature
Festival or JLF is the world’s largest free literary festival held every year
in January in Jaipur. Founded in 2006, the festival is an initiative of the Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF), founded by Faith Singh, which was initially a part of the Jaipur
Heritage International Festival in 2006. It grew into an autonomous
festival of literature in 2008. All the shows and events at the JLF are free
and doesn’t require tickets.

City’s Diggi Palace Hotel serves as the
main venue of the festival. Several sessions takes place in the hotel’s Hall of
Audience and across the gardens of the Diggi Palace. The JLF team includes founder sponsor and festival advisor of the
festival, Surina Narula and festival directors Namita Gokhale and William
Dalrymple, who are writers as well. The literature festival is produced by Sanjoy
Roy of Teamwork Arts. 

The registration process
of JLF is as follows:

• Applicants only
  above the age of 18 are eligible. Applicants who have not turned 18 on or
  before December 31, 2020 will not be considered.

• The correct details
  should be filled and the form should be read thoroughly before submitting.

• The first round of
  selection will be based on a group interview over zoom call. When shortlisted, applicants
  will be requested to go through the Festival’s history, previous programmes,
  directors’ profiles and organiser information.

• Every important
  communication will be done through email. But if applicant fail to respond to
  emails, reminder or phone calls from organisers during the selection process
  and training he/she will not be considered and their position will be offered
  to another deserving candidate.

• After the first
  round, a mandatory training programme for all shortlisted applicants will be
  conducted prior to the Festival.

• Once selected, you need
  to sign an undertaking that outlines your arrangement with the Festival.

• All candidates will
  be awarded a certificate with their name and recognition of their work at the
  Festival after completion of all assigned tasks.

JLF has also organised several events in many cities across
the world, known as JLF International.