The Nepal Literature Festival returns for its fifth instalment since its inception in 2011, and for the first time it’s being held outside of Kathmandu.Celebrated as the only international literary event in Nepal, this year’s festivities will take place in the scenic town of Pardi, Pokhara, from 29 January to 1 February. Organised by the Bookworm Foundation, the event in the past has seen participation from renowned international writers including Shobhaa De, Farah Guzhnavi, Ned Beauman, and Vinod Mehta, among others.This year, participants will get the chance to interact with more than one hundred local and international writers, journalists and politicians throughout the four-day event. More than 30 interactive sessions are scheduled to be held on topics ranging from literature, theatre and art to business, economics and politics. Key speakers include writer Ira Trivedi, literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil, filmmaker Uday Prakash and celebrated screenwriter Javed Akhtar -