The Australia Council for the Arts will lead a delegation of Australian publishers and writers’ festival programmers on a 12-day program to India from Friday 13 January 2017.
The delegation led by Dr Wendy Were, Executive Director Strategic Development and Advocacy for the Australia Council for the Arts will visit the Hindu Lit for Life Festival in Chennai, the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Zee Jaipur Literature Festival and Jaipur Bookmark, and meet with publishers in New Delhi, as well as participating in industry meetings and networking events. The Indian literature program is designed to forge strong links between Australian and Indian publishers, develop audiences and build markets for literature.