The Kerala Literature Festival, held annually in Kozhikode, has been included in the World Tourism Calendar. The traditional Thrissur Pooram, which showcases Kerala's rich percussion symphony and fireworks, and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale are other two major events in Kerala that have found a place in the tourism calendar.
The sixth edition of the festival, considered the go-to event by writers and literary enthusiasts from different parts of India, had concluded on January 15. This year, the festival had witnessed a footfall of over four lakh. The seventh edition of the festival would be at the same venue from January 11 to 14, 2024. 

In an earlier session, actor-politician Kamal Haasan said he had taken part in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra as he wanted to work for a “unified India”. “I would have walked the streets of Delhi during the Emergency if I had that much sense of politics at the time,” he said. In a conversation with writers Paul Zacharia, B. Jeyamohan and critic C.S. Venkiteswaran, he said the film Hey Ram was his first step to joining politics. He called upon listeners to find their own politics.
Actor Prakash Raj in a session on ‘What I miss about movie theatre’ said he enjoyed the community experience it provided. He said OTT platforms had not diminished cinema, but had enhanced it. Speaking on movies with right-wing politics, he said the right-wing, with no history of its own, was rewriting history.