The Thirteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, November 9th to Sunday, November 13th 2022
Let's Turn The Page
Online : 9 - 10 Nov
On ground : 11 - 13 Nov
Tata Literature Live! First Book Award – Fiction
The Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for Fiction recognises new talent in the Indian literary space in the fiction genre.
2022 Recipient
The 2022 winner of the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award – Fiction is We Move by Gurnaik Johal (Hachette).
2022 Shortlist
Kololo Hill
- Neema Shah
- Pan Macmillan India
The Immortal King Rao
- Vauhini Vara
- HarperCollins Publishers
We Move
- Gurnaik Johal
- Hachette
2022 Longlist
Half-blood
- Pronoti Datta
- Speaking Tiger Books
Kololo Hill
- Neema Shah
- Pan Macmillan India
The House Next to the Factory
- Sonal Kohli
- HarperCollins Publishers
The Immortal King Rao
- Vahini Vara
- HarperCollins Publishers
The Muslim Vanishes
- Saeed Naqvi
- Penguin Random House India
We Move
- Gurnaik Johal
- Hachette
2022 Jury
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Tina Chakravarty
Educator and former professor, Sophia College -
Somak Ghoshal
Author and editor -
Mrunalini Katiyar
Journalist and publishing consultant -
Gayatri Rangachari Shah
Author, columnist and podcaster -
Shireen Mistry
Communications consultant and member of Literature Live! festival committee
Past Recipients
A Death in Shonagachhi
2021
- Rijula Das
- Pan MacMillan
Djinn Patrol
2020
- Deepa Anappara
- Penguin Random House
The Far Field
2019
- Madhuri Vijay
- HarperCollins
Latitudes of Longing
2018
- Shubhangi Swarup
- HarperCollins
Leila
2017
- Prayaag Akbar
- S&S India
Swimmer Among The Stars
2016
- Kanishk Tharoor
- Aleph Book Company
Red Maize
2015
- Danesh Rana
- HarperCollins
The Smoke Is Rising
2014
- Mahesh Rao
- Daunt Books