Palestine Festival of Literature
Ramallah, Palestine · Dates TBA · T4 Seed
The Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is an annual literary festival, founded in 2008, that takes place in cities across West Bank, Palestine.
- Language
- Arabic
- Genres
- general lit
- Format
- in-person
- Next edition
- TBA (confirm palfest.org)
- Author participation
- Programme by invite
- Tickets
- val travels to its audiences putting on free events in Arabic and English in the cities it travels to
- Audience
- In an effort to overcome restrictions on Palestinians' freedom of movement, the festival travels to its audiences putting on free events in Arabic and English in the cities it travels to.
- Age policy
- Sir Philip Pullman said of the festival: "Every literary act, whether it is a great epic poem or an honest piece of journalism or a simple nonsense tale for children is a blow against the forces of stupidity and ignorance and darkness … The Palestine Festival of Literature exists to do just that – and I salute it for its work.
- Language notes
- Listed working language: Arabic
- Genre notes
- Primary focus: general lit
- Past editions
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024