Team GLF is thrilled to announce the fifth edition of the Green Literature Festival, the only literary festival in India dedicated to driving climate action through the power of the written and spoken words. Scheduled on November 29, 2025, at Century Club, inside Cubbon Park, Bengaluru, the day promises to be inspirational, aspirational and will leave attendees with fresh ideas and plans to both lead and participate in building a better neighbourhood, a more livable city and a greener planet. It will feature keynotes, fireside chats, film screenings, workshops, bookstores, stalls, among others. 

GLF is free to attend and is open to students (8+), teachers, parents, entrepreneurs, professionals, aspiring writers, and all those who want to make a difference. The highlights of the festival are the Children's Green Literature Festival, the Green Business Literature Festival, Rapid Book Launches, Green Poetry, and the GLF Green Honour Book Ceremony.

Come, have a Green Day Out!

Wadiar Hall

Panels Fireside Chats Book Launches GLF Honour Book Awards

10:15 am to 10:45 am

Reflections from My Travels to Leh and Ladakh

Sujatha Padmanaban, Prolific Author, Member, Kalpavriksh

10:45 am to 11:30 am

In the Frontline File – Stories from the Field

Arathi Menon, Senior Writer and Editor, Mongabay India

Priti David, Journalist, Teacher, Executive Editor, PARI Network

Moderated by Chintan Girish Modi, Literary Critic and Journalist

11:30 am to 11:45 am

Tea Break

11:45 am to 12:30 pm

Island on Edge: Pushing Nicobar Knowingly Into Disaster

Pankaj Sekhsaria, Prolific Author, Academic

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm

How AI Can Drive Climate Action

Swaroop Madhavan, Founder, Parentof

1:00 pm to 1:40 pm

Lunch

1:40 pm to 2:00 pm

Quiz

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Tongue in Cheek with Cartoons and Conservation Communication

Rohan Chakravarthy, Cartoonist, Artist, Author, the Green Humour Series

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

How Youth Should Influence Climate Story

Ishaan Shanavas, Author, The Light of Wilder Things

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Film on Mangrove produced by Nature in Focus. Narrated by Shabana Azmi

Presented by Rohit Varma, Co-founder, Nature in Focus, Brand Strategist, Filmmaker, Podcast Host

3:30 pm to 3:45 pm

Tea Break

3:45 pm to 4:30 pm

Fiction That Sparks Climate Conversations

Gigi Ganguly, Author, Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World and One Arm Shorter Than the Other

Sonali Prasad, Journalist and Author, Glass Bottom

Moderated by Joya John, Assistant Professor of Literature, Krea University

4:30 pm to 5:15 pm

Imagining Greener Bengaluru

Roopa Pai, Author, Becoming Bangalore – Stories That Shaped A Home Town

Deepa Padmanaban, Author, Rewilding India and Invisible Housemates and Science Journalist

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Sampige Village

Children’s Green Literature Festival

Session 1: Ages 8 to 11 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Whispers Of The Mangroves

Radhika Suri, Prolific Author and Environmentalist

Gattu-Walking With The Herd

An Animation Film about a day in the life of a pastoral boy, by ATREE

A session

Jenny Pinto, Author, The Magical Everything and Designer

Session 2: Ages 12+, 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Trees of Bengaluru – Discussion and Quiz

Roopa Pai, Author, Let’s Talk About Trees

Environmental Comics from Scratch

Rohan Chakravarthy, Cartoonist, Artist, Author, the Green Humour Series

A session with GLF Short Story Competition Winners

Ishaan Shanavas, Author, The Light of Wilder Things

GLF Grand Evening

4:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Poetry Under Trees: An Inaugural GLF Poetry Open House

Priyanka Sancheti, Writer, Poet and Nature Photographer

Shiruti J, Poet, GLF Team Member.

Rapid Book Launches

GLF Honour Book Awards 2025

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Mysore Hall

Workshops and Special Sessions

Climate Education Workshop for Teachers

GLF Green Business

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