JLF NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT JLF North Carolina
The spirit of the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival, called "the world's greatest literary festival," returns to the Triangle. This year, it's coming to Meredith College and NC State Centennial Campus in Raleigh from September 11 to 13, and JLF North Carolina is partnering with Artsplosure to produce an even bigger and better festival.
The festival travels across countries and continents with a caravan of thinkers, poets, influencers, balladeers, and raconteurs. In the last two years, the Triangle has hosted such blockbuster writers as Pulitzer Prize winners Jhumpa Lahiri and Kathleen Duvall, Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai, actor and writer Kal Penn, writer and thinker Shashi Tharoor and historian and podcaster William Dalrymple.
Festival Details
DATES: September 11 - 13, 2026
LOCATIONS: Jones Auditorium at Meredith College - September 11th & 12th and North Carolina State University - September 13th
Speakers
Cheetie Kumar
Manil Suri
Jaki Shelton Green
Pria Anand
Joseph Bathanti
Vijay Seshadri
Karan Mahajan
Vishwesh Bhatt
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JLF North Carolina FEstival PASS
General Admission Passes:
Friday Pass: $35 GA | $25 Educator | $10 Student Admission to opening night ceremony and keynote speech.
Saturday Pass: $50 GA | $25 Educator | $10 Student Admission to all Saturday programming.
JLF North Carolina VIP PASS
Support JLF North Carolina by becoming a VIP level donor! VIP Passes include:
An exclusive Friday evening reception with our authors on September 11, 2026 in Downtown Raleigh. A gathering where you’ll meet and mingle with the writers, thinkers, and artists headlining the festival.
JLF North Carolina tote bag with signed copies of two books from the visiting authors.
Admission to the opening night ceremony and keynote speech on September 11th.
All-day pass to all JLF North Carolina events on September 12th at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC.
Location and details will be shared upon registration. Details subject to change.
Donate To JLF north Carolina
The third installment of the Jaipur Literature Festival-NC brings the worlds' largest literature festival to Raleigh for the first time ever! JLF North Carolina brings together authors, artists and readers from around the world and from right at home. A contribution to JLF North Carolina today will help produce one of the Triangle's premier arts festivals and elevate Raleigh to the global scale as a home for arts entertainment.
Volunteer
Volunteers interested in working with JLF North Carolina can sign up at the button below! All volunteers will receive a t-shirt and admission to sessions on the same day as their 4-hour volunteer shift.
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