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Godrej Literature Live Announces 2026 Literary Awards Longlists
A Mumbai book festival has shared lists of books being considered for its literary awards.
The awards recognize writers, including people publishing their first books.
The article gives lists for fiction and nonfiction, with separate lists for books of the year and first books.
It also starts a section about business books, but the provided text does not show any nominees there.
Different groups of judges will consider the books in the categories described.
The winners will be announced at a special ceremony in Mumbai on October 25.
The article does not say which year that October 25 falls in.
Godrej Literature Live! announced longlists for its Literary Awards in fiction, nonfiction and business.
Fiction and nonfiction each include Book of the Year and Best First Book longlists.
The fiction Book of the Year list includes works by Rahul Bhattacharya, Amrita Mahale and Jeet Thayil.
The nonfiction Book of the Year list includes works by Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian, Vijay Gokhale, and others.
Winners are due to be announced at a ceremony in Mumbai on October 25; the provided article gives no year for that date.
- Who
- Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest announced the longlists.
- What
- Longlists for the Literature Live! Literary Awards were announced for fiction, nonfiction and business.
- Where
- The winners will be announced at a special ceremony in Mumbai.
- When
- The winners are to be announced on October 25; the article does not specify the year.
- Why
- The awards aim to recognise and encourage literary talent across genres, for established and new writers.
Key facts
- Awards
- Literature Live! Literary Awards
- Organiser
- Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
- Categories mentioned
- Fiction, nonfiction and business
- Award divisions listed
- Book of the Year and Best First Book for fiction and nonfiction
- Winner announcement
- A special ceremony in Mumbai on October 25; no year is specified in the article.
- Business nominees
- The supplied text begins the Business section but does not include its longlist.
Sources
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