addition to eight workshops. It featured about 200 speakers with 100 sessions. In this edition, GLF launched Kanti Bhatt Memorial Award in the memory of Gujarati writer and journalist Kanti Bhatt. The festival had a book market in the campus of Gujarat University. Some of the notable speakers were screenwriters Robin Bhatt, Anjum Rajabali and V. Vijayendra Prasad; filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, music duo Sachin–Jigar and Shyamal-Saumil Munshi, architect B. V. Doshi, author Abid Surti, Ashish Vashi, Mahendrasinh Parmar and Sunil Alagh. Ninth Edition After the 2 years break due to COVID-19, GLF Launched its ninth edition a 5-day event at Ahmedabad Management Association on 11 to 15 May 2022. This edition of GLF featured five distinct festivals — Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav, Indian Screenwriters’ Festival, Tabariya, Business Literature Festival, and Fountainhead. See also List of literary festivals in India References External links Official website Gujarati culture Literary festivals in India Festivals established in 2014 2014 establishments in Gujarat