The 5th edition of Kalinga literary festival 2018 will be held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- It will explore concepts of equality, equity and humanity in literature.
- It will witness innovative sessions on radio, poetry recitation, short story, lyrics and cinema by eminent speakers, writer, poets etc.
- Kalinga Literary Festival is an annual literary festival held in Bhubaneswar each year in the month of June.
- It was first was launched in 2014 to celebrate the Classical Language Status of Odia language.
- Kalinga Literary Festival is conducted to celebrate this creative spirit of the Smart City of Bhubaneswar and commemorate the literary diversity it offers.
- The festival has been founded and directed by Rashmi Ranjan Parida, an award winning journalist.
- The KLF is organized by Odisha Diary Foundation in collaboration with Odisha Diary news-portal and Odisha Living Legend Initiative.
- The theme for the last year KLF (KLF 2017) was ‘Literature for Peace and Harmony’.
