From the Founder
Warm Welcome to the Mysuru Literature Festival
ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ
I extend a warm welcome to everyone at the Mysuru Literature Festival. Since our humble beginnings in 2017, we’ve grown into Mysuru’s flagship annual literature festival. Today, we proudly celebrate ‘Where Mysuru Celebrates the Joy of Reading’, attracting book lovers from far and wide.
As a community-driven literary conclave, we’re grateful for the love and support of our authors, audience, and volunteers. Together, we’ve made Mysuru, alongside Dasara, a vibrant destination for literary enthusiasts, inspiring many to discover the joys of writing and reading.
Join us for the 9th edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival on July 5th-6th, 2025. Come celebrate the power of words!
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Shubha Sanjay Urs
Founder,
Managing Trustee and
Festival Director,
Mysuru Literature Festival
ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ
Founder & Chairperson
CREATING A LITERARY LEGACY
Shubha’s love for literature began at a young age and spread the joys of reading by nurturing book clubs.
Since 2010, Shubha’s vision has empowered children, students, and women to become avid readers and writers.
Under the registered trust MYsuru Book Clubs, In 2010 she founded the first English Book Clubs in Mysuru – one for children and another for adults – under a registered trust, followed by Kannada Odugara Okkoota, a Kannada book club in 2012.
In 2015, Shubha started membership-based book clubs to interested readers across Mysuru.
Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust was established in 2017 with like minded individuals .
Mysuru Literature Festival during the same year by Shubha to create a platform for author and reader engagement under the auspices of Mysuru Book Clubs.
As its Director and Founder, Shubha has successfully organized the annual Mysuru Literature Festival and ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ, inviting literary luminaries to Mysuru and enriching the city’s literary heritage. Today, Mysuru Book Clubs and Mysuru Literature Festival continue to flourish, attracting worldwide participants and audiences.
OUR MISSION
The Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust was founded with the objective of promoting literacy, encouraging reading and appreciating the written word amongst all sections of society for the development and betterment of the reading habit in society. The Trust also endeavours to educate, inform and uplift those in need in our community.
The Trust is a non-profit organization. It is dependent entirely on donations, and any revenue surplus is donated to other like-minded charities and organizations.
Since 2017, the Trust has been presenting an array of acclaimed authors from India and abroad at the yearly Mysuru Literature Festival.
To achieve the objective of promoting literacy, over 20 book clubs have been formed catering to diverse groups such as senior citizens, the underprivileged, children etc. Our members also visit orphanages and schools for the differently-abled and intellectually-challenged to read to them. The Trust is constantly helping social causes and has contributed to the education of the girl-child, the flood affected victims in Kodagu, the Mysore District Administration during the Covid Pandemic etc.
We value your contribution towards the activities of the Trust and all donations derive benefit under Section 80G of the IT Act.
Help support the cause by enrolling as a
FRIEND OF THE MYSURU LITFEST
For further details please contact:
Chairperson Mrs. Shubha Sanjay Urs @ 99802 50114
Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust
HDFC Bank, SARASWATIPURAM, MYSORE 570009
Current Account Number: 50200065393352
IFSC : HDFC0000065
