Each year, the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest confers literary awards for Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Business books published during the year, to recognise and encourage literary talent across the genres, for both established and new writers. The Awards are regarded as prestigious and are one of the main highlights of the Festival.
The winners will, as per tradition, be announced at the closing session of the Festival. Since the Festival is online again this year due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, the awards ceremony will be the final virtual session on Sunday, 21 November.
The Longlists in each category (in alphabetical order), and the eminent juries that decided the awards are as follows:
Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Fiction) Longlist (in alphabetical order)
Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Non-Fiction) Longlist (in alphabetical order)
Tata Literature Live! First Book (Fiction) Longlist (in alphabetical order)
Tata Literature Live! First Book (Non-Fiction) Longlist (in alphabetical order)
Tata Literature Live! Business Book of the Year Longlist (in alphabetical order)
Juries for the awards
Each award category is decided by an eminent jury. The juries for 2021 were as follows:
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Business