What is PILF?

Pune International Literary Festival (PILF) is the prime annual three-day literary festival of India. It is free for all to attend and aims to engage, explore, and experiment with all forms and genres of creativity.
PILF is a festival with a heart, which celebrates the written word in all forms and media. Since its inception in 2013, hundreds of eminent authors, speakers, and creative personalities have played an important part in raising the bar of PILF.
PILF was mainly conceived, brought to life and solely sustained for all these years, by its founder director Dr. Manjiri Prabhu who herself is an English author and novelist.

PILF Vision

To engage, explore and experiment with all forms and genres of the written word inspiring you to fall in love with the written word… and light the lamp of knowledge!

PILF Mission

To give Pune its first ever English literary festival. To create an exciting and interactive platform in Pune for writers, publishers and readers. To showcase talented authors/writers/creative personalities from all media and demystify the gloss around the creative word.