World-renowned resorts operator Soneva and Teamwork Arts, producer of the annual Jaipur Literature Competition (JFL) and its worldwide JLF extensions, have joined forces as soon as extra to launch the second version of JLF Soneva Fushi with a star-studded writer line-up. Happening on the sands of Kunfunadhoo within the Maldives’ breathtaking Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the humanities and literary pageant can be returning to the award-winning barefoot luxurious resort from Could 12 to 21, 2023. Over the course of ten days and two weekends, the JLF Soneva Fushi pageant will host an unforgettable program, with dwell performances of artwork, music and literature.
Every weekend, there can be flagship occasions, together with keynote addresses, gala dinners on the sand, dwell music performances, and movie screenings on the outside Cinema Paradiso. The pageant will provide delectable worldwide meals from a specifically curated menu ready by Soneva Fushi’s award-winning cooks. Weekdays at JLF Soneva Fushi will give attention to close-knit periods and writer discussions, in addition to a variety of partaking workshops. Each morning, the pageant will provide periods centered on yoga and meditation, dance workshops, guided snorkeling with Soneva Fushi’s resident Ocean Guardians, and glassblowing at Soneva Artwork & Glass, the Maldives’ first scorching glass studio.
“A very bespoke expertise, JLF Soneva Fushi’s exceptional programme is a chance to reconnect with the pure pleasure of literature and the humanities”, stated Sonu Shivdasani, CEO and Co-Founding father of Soneva. “The distinctive setting of our barefoot island within the Maldives, coupled with our contributors and visitors staying with us for at the least a weekend makes JLF Soneva Fushi not like every other literature pageant. It’s this larger, intimate entry to authors, deeper understanding, new friendships and stronger bonds that make this barefoot pageant so distinctive. I can not wait to welcome a line-up of excellent worldwide authors to our shores as soon as once more.”
Sanjoy Okay. Roy, Managing Director of Teamwork Arts, producer of the enduring Jaipur Literature Competition, stated, “JLF Soneva Fushi is meals for the thoughts, physique and soul. An distinctive gathering of collective knowledge and experience from the world over, set in essentially the most idyllic setting of the Baa Atoll, with delectable fare, exhilarating conversations and spectacular vistas.”
The 2023 version can even see a line-up of world-renowned authors, together with:
- British novelist, broadcaster and Man Booker Prize winner, Howard Jacobson;
- Booker Prize-winning novelist and playwright, Damon Galgut;
- Co-founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Competition and writer of 20 books, Namita Gokhale;
- British historian, tv presenter and writer of in style historical past books, Simon Sebag Montefiore;
- Finest-selling historian, and JLF co-director, William Dalrymple;
- Professor within the departments of astronomy and physics at Yale College, Priyamvada Natarajan; who’s well-known for her work in mapping darkish matter and darkish vitality.
All through every day throughout their keep, visitors will have the ability to discover and bask in every little thing that Soneva Fushi has to supply: miles of pristine sandy seashores edged by tranquil turquoise waters; beautiful non-public villa lodging, with Barefoot Guardians available 24/7 to anticipate each request; therapeutic rituals and modern wellness remedies at Soneva Soul; distinctive eating locations serving the best delicacies from the world over; and uncommon, one-of-a-kind experiences that create recollections to final a lifetime. Watch my YouTube video with full tour of the resort under.
The inaugural JLF Soneva Fushi introduced with it a worldwide line-up of critically acclaimed authors, thinkers and cultural leaders to the Maldives from Could 13 to 22, 2022, and the periods coated a captivating spectrum of matters. The stand-out periods included keynote addresses by best-selling writer Peter Frankopan and New York Journal deputy editor David Wallace-Wells; musical performances by Grammy-nominated singer Shilpa Rao and The Sufi Gospel Undertaking; a free-flowing dialogue with director Mira Nair and Competition Producer Sanjoy Okay. Roy, adopted by a screening of her award-winning movie Monsoon Wedding ceremony; sundown dolphin cruises; and an intimate writer session on the ability of numerous pondering with finest -selling writer Matthew Syed and mathematician extraordinaire Marcus du Sautoy.
The 2022 version of the pageant additionally held a particular one-day occasion in Malé, that includes dwell Q&As with visitor audio system and guide signings within the Maldives’ capital metropolis. The occasion was held at Salt Cafe, with participation from the Speaker of Parliament, former President Mohamed Nasheed, and world-renowned authors Shobhaa De and Marcus du Sautoy. Distinguished native architect and tutorial Mauroof Jameel, illustrator and writer Zaahie Saeed, and comedian author and knowledgeable Ahmed Mauroof Jameel additionally took half within the pop- up occasion.
For these eager to attend JLF Soneva Fushi 2023, Soneva’s unique pageant provide contains full entry to all the pageant program, with luxurious non-public villa lodging, alongside each day full board at chosen eating locations and complimentary spherical–journey wheeled aircraft home transfers, priced from USD 8,100 for 2 visitors for a minimal four-night keep. Those that guide earlier than November 30, 2022, can even profit from an extra 10 per cent JLF Early Chook discount on their keep. Contact me by e-mail for extra data.
About Jaipur Literature Competition
Described because the ‘best literary present on Earth’, the Jaipur Literature Competition is a luxurious feast of concepts. The previous decade has seen it rework into a worldwide literary phenomenon having hosted over 2,000 audio system and welcoming over one million guide lovers from throughout India and the globe. Tje JLF’s core values stay unchanged: to function a democratic, non-aligned platform providing free and honest entry. Yearly, the pageant brings collectively a various mixture of the world’s best writers, thinkers, humanitarians, politicians, enterprise leaders and entertainers on one stage to champion the liberty to precise and interact in considerate debate and dialogue.
Writers and Competition Administrators Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple, alongside producer Teamwork Arts, invite audio system to participate within the five-day program set in opposition to the backdrop of Rajasthan’s beautiful cultural heritage. Previous audio system have ranged from Nobel Laureates J. M. Coetzee, Orhan Pamuk, Malala Yousafzai, Muhammad Yunus and Joseph Stiglitz; Man Booker Prize winners Ben Okri, Douglas Stuart, Margaret Atwood and Paul Beatty; Sahitya Akademi winners Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, in addition to the late Girish Karnad, Mahasweta Devi and U. R. Ananthamurthy; together with literary superstars together with Amish Tripathi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Vikram Seth. An annual occasion that goes past literature, the Competition has additionally hosted Amartya Sen, Amitabh Bachchan, the late A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Invoice Gates, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Oprah Winfrey, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stephen Fry, Thomas Piketty and former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai.
The Jaipur Literature Competition is a flagship occasion of Teamwork Arts, which produces it together with over 25 extremely acclaimed performing arts, visible arts and literary festivals throughout greater than 40 cities globally.
About Soneva
Based in 1995, Soneva is an award-winning sustainable luxurious resorts operator. At Soneva Fushi, Soneva Jani and Soneva in Aqua within the Maldives, and Soneva Kiri in Thailand, true ‘luxurious’ is outlined by peace, time and area. Every day, visitors are inspired to find the SLOW LIFE, reconnecting with themselves and the pure world by way of uncommon, unforgettable experiences that encourage and enthral. Soneva is a pioneer for accountable tourism, combining a conscientious, proactive method to sustainability with beautiful luxurious and intuitive personalised service. Carbon impartial since 2012, Soneva launched its Whole Impression Evaluation in 2016, a primary for the hospitality trade, measuring its social and environmental impacts. A compulsory 2% environmental levy is added to each Soneva keep, with proceeds going in the direction of the not-for-profit Soneva Basis to offset each direct and oblique carbon emissions from resort actions and visitor flights. The Basis funds a variety of worldwide tasks which have a constructive environmental, social and financial impression.
