Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Jaipur Literature Festival Expands Across North America With Global Voices
The Jaipur Literature Festival is planning a larger event in North America.
It will bring more than 100 people who write, study history, make art, run businesses or share cultural ideas.
The festival will visit seven cities in the United States and Canada.
The 2026 events are scheduled from September 11 to October 4.
Organisers say this will be the festival’s biggest North American programme yet.
The article does not name the seven cities.
It also does not provide the full list of participants.
The festival is described as expanding its presence across North America.
The Jaipur Literature Festival will expand its North American programme in 2026.
More than 100 writers, thinkers, historians, artists, entrepreneurs and cultural voices will participate.
The programme will take place across seven cities in the United States and Canada.
The 2026 editions are scheduled for September 11 through October 4.
Organisers describe it as the festival’s biggest North American programme so far.
- Who
- The Jaipur Literature Festival and more than 100 writers, thinkers, historians, artists, entrepreneurs and cultural voices.
- What
- A 2026 North American festival programme spanning seven cities.
- When
- September 11 to October 4, 2026.
- Where
- Seven cities across the United States and Canada; the specific cities are not named.
- Why
- To expand the Jaipur Literature Festival’s North American presence.
- Festival
- Jaipur Literature Festival
- Programme scale
- More than 100 participants
- Participant backgrounds
- Writers, thinkers, historians, artists, entrepreneurs and cultural voices
- Region
- United States and Canada
- Number of cities
- Seven
- 2026 dates
- September 11–October 4
- Organisers’ description
- The biggest North American programme so far