The first Islamabad Literature Festival was held 30 April and 1 May, and it's great to hear that it seems to have been quite a success: Thousands throng Islamabad Literature Festival reported Asma Ghani in The Nation, and Literature festival - literati descend on Islamabad they reported in Dawn.
Now there are a couple of longer personal takes on the festival too, including Atle Hetland writing on Literature for the people in The Nation, where he suggests:
Now there are a couple of longer personal takes on the festival too, including Atle Hetland writing on Literature for the people in The Nation, where he suggests:
I propose a major, joint project of "Presenting Pakistan to the World", with objectives and aims, plans and sub-projects, outcomes and results. It could be coordinated by the Ministries of Culture, Foreign Affairs, Tourism, the Academy of Letters and other bodies, with private sector and foreign embassy funding. The writers would be given tasks and slots and some headings for what to write about.Meanwhile, in The Friday Times Raza Rumi 'reports on the recently held literature festival in Islamabad and the way it might reshape the city's culture', in A literary landmark.