The fourth edition of the Kerala Legislature International Book Festival (KLIBF 4), organised by the Kerala Legislative Assembly, will be held from January 7 to January 13, 2026, on the Assembly premises here. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the festival at a function to be held at the R. Sankaranarayanan Thampi Lounge in the Assembly complex on January 7 at 11 a.m. The Kerala Legislative Assembly’s award for contributions to literature will be presented to writer N.S. Madhavan at the inaugural function. Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq will be the chief guest at the function. Addressing a press conference here on Monday (December 29, 2025), Speaker A.N. Shamseer said that the festival this year will witness the participation of more publishers, from small-time publication houses to large corporate players. A total of 180 publishers will participate with books spread across 300 stalls. Renowned writers, journalists and socio-cultural including Sri Lankan writer Chulananda Samaranayake, Marathi poet Prafull Shiledar, T. Padmanabhan, K.R. Meera, T.D. Ramakrishnan, musician T.M. Krishna, P. Sainath, Aakar Patel, Rana Ayyub, Saira Shah …