The George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) is an annual literary festival which takes place in the city of George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is currently the largest world literature festival organised in Malaysia and the first literary event in Southeast Asia to receive the Literary Festival Award at the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards.[1]
GTLF celebrates world literature, translations, and the literary arts, with various writers, artists and thinkers from diverse locations and disciplines coming together annually to engage in intellectual discourse. It is the only literary festival funded by the state government in Malaysia.[2]
The festival generally takes place every last weekend of November. Admission to the festival is free to all members of the public.[3]
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^"Literary festival enables participants to delve into its significant theme". The Star. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
^"The George Town Literary Festival returns with a capital edge". The Star. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
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