Jaipur Literature Festival Colorado returning to Boulder

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Sep. 19—The annual Jaipur Literature Festival Colorado will return to Boulder this Thursday through Saturday.

The 2023 festival will feature more than 50 local and international authors and speakers in an event filled with literature, music, panel sessions and more. The lineup of speakers will include award-winning journalist and author Angela Saini, author Amitava Kumar, and author and Harvard University professor Martin Puchner. They are slated to discuss topics such as popular culture, politics, book bans and social justice.

Other well-known speakers at this year's event include University of Colorado Boulder Professor Patty Limerick and Elephant Journal Editor-In-Chief Waylon Lewis, who is running for Boulder City Council this fall.

This year marks the ninth year of the Jaipur Literature Festival in Colorado and the 16th year of the original festival held in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Boulder's event will be held at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., and is free of charge, but early registration is strongly recommended.