Celebrating its 15th year, the festival captivated audiences over three days with 36 dynamic sessions featuring 125 participants from 11 countries, drawing nearly 20,000 visitors to the scenic seaside venue

The packed sessions ranged from poetry, fiction, travel, AI, music, sports, entertainment, spirituality, food history, business, memoirs, and the celebration of Marathi receiving classical language status

The Little Festival for ages 8-14 held in parallel with its own set of imaginatively curated sessions workshops and performances, had the NCPA campus ringing to the voices and laughter of more than 2,500 children

The winners of the Godrej Literature Live! Literary Awards for Fiction, Non-Fiction and Business were also announced. The winners included Anjum Hasan for History’s Angel, Lindsay Pereira The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao, Yuvan Aves for Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary among others

The Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest, ended with the concluding address on ‘Reasons For Hope’ by the world famous ethologist, primatologist and UN Messenger for Peace Dr Jane Goodall DBE