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Umapagan Ambikaipagan, the festival’s director, says that Malaysians crave debate and have been doing it a lot more these days. However, the level of discourse leaves a lot to be desired if only because we have been living under a shroud of control.

This year, Umapagan, the man behind the now two-year-old, mid-year Cooler Lumpur Festival, assumes the role of curator of the annual George Town Literary Festival (GTLF), taking over from author/poet Bernice Chauly.

With Asian authors gaining wider acclaim, literary festivals have mushroomed across the region. Bloomberg lists George Town Literary Festival as one of the four must-visit literary festivals in Asia.

The George Town Literary Festival is back in 2013 with the theme, "The Ties That Bind". With 30 brilliant writers, poets, thinkers and critics coming together in the historic city George Town to tell their stories through prose, poetry, spoken word, cartoons and film, it's definitely not something to miss out on. Bernice Chauly, Malaysian writer, poet and teacher tells us more.

As one of BFM’s Spotlight interviews from the Georgetown Literary Festival, Sharaad Kuttan talks to Ghanaian author, Nii Ayikwei Parkes who is now currently practicing his trade in the UK.

Lit fest curator Bernice Chauly takes a break from her busy schedule to talk about the upcoming Festival which runs from November 23-25, 2012.

The George Town Literary Festival 2012 is happening from the 23rd till 25th of November 2012. We have one of the authors, Tan Twan Eng, to join us and tell us about the festival.

Tan Twan Eng, Nominee of The Man Booker Prize 2007 and author of The Gift of Rain talks about the festival.

The George Town Literary Festival 2011 is curated by Malaysian writer & actress, Bernice Chauly. Participating writers include Muhammed Haji Salleh, Farish Ahmad-Noor, Iskandar Al-Bakri, Shih-Li Kow and Tan Twan Eng.