Book Launches & Literary Events in Kathmandu

Kathmandu's literary life has quietly become one of the city's most consistent cultural draws. On any given week there's an author reading at a Jhamsikhel bookshop, a poetry evening in Patan, a new-title launch on Durbarmarg, or a publisher signing at Ekta or Quixote's Cove — plus the bigger annual moments like the Himalayan Litfest, the Nepal Literature Festival and the book fairs at Bhrikutimandap. This page pulls them all into one calendar, with confirmed dates and venues.

Most of these run in both Nepali and English and are free to walk into. If you're after something adjacent, browse talks and education events, the wider arts and culture scene, or every event in Kathmandu.