Noam Chomsky, Jonathan Safran Foer, Colm Toibin, Priyanka Chopra Jonas!
Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.
Join us in February for Celebrate The Word a digital JLF summit featuring Noam Chomsky, Colm Toibin, Bee Rowlatt, renowned physicist Lisa Randall, Adam Gopnik, Booker recipient Douglas Stuart, Jonathan Safran Foer, Philip Pullman, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kim Ghattas, Vikram Chandra, Simon Winchester,
& Annie Zaidi
Literature Live Around the World (LLAW) brought together 12 nations through a remarkable collaboration among literary festivals worldwide. With one hour devoted to each nation’s festival and selection of authors, the free 12-hour program is available on demand until Feb. 27 HERE.
This extraordinary feat of literary cooperation was created and produced by LitFestBergen in Norway. JLF Colorado is honored to be a co-sponsor and local partner of LLAW. The US was represented by the Bay Area Book Festival, and the ten other literary festival partners are from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dubai, UAE; Edinburgh, Scotland; Jaipur, India; Kabul, Afghanistan; Lagos, Nigeria; Lyon, France; Perth, Australia; Toronto, Canada; and Treasure Beach, Jamaica. You can view the full schedule, complete with program descriptions and featured author bios HEREand watch Literature Live Around the World for free HERE.
We want to thank all of you that donated generously for Colorado Gives Day or remembered JLF Colorado for your year-end giving. We know it's been a year of struggle and uncertainty and we appreciate your devotion to supporting the arts and JLF Colorado. Your contributions make it possible for us to continue curating programs to bring together writers, poets, academics, and thinkers to expand and sweeten the way we look at the world.
You may also donate by mailing a check to:
JLF Colorado
P.O. Box 7279
Boulder, CO 80306
JLF Colorado is a 501c3 non-profit organization. 100% of your donation goes directly to the production of the Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder, Colorado and to FREE Outeach Programs with at-risk communities.
Watch the extraordinary JLF Colorado 2020 sessions HERE!
