Penguin Fever 2017 is a special edition of Delhi’s favourite literary and cultural festival, the annual Spring Fever organised by Penguin Random House. Hosted at the Amphitheatre at the India Habitat Centre, it is an open-air library of Penguin Random House books in the daytime. In the evenings, the same space is transformed into a hub of literary bustle, featuring key authors, previews of forthcoming and current attractions, panel discussions around interesting and relevant topics, often followed by performances.

“Spring Fever, titled Penguin Fever this year, is a festival very close to our hearts, and one which readers and authors alike look forward to with great anticipation. This year we've timed it to coincide with our 30th anniversary week in October. We hope our readers will love the calendar which has an eclectic and vibrant mix of authors and books for everyone,” says Hemali Sodhi, senior vice-president – marketing and publisher - Children’s Books. The library of books will be open from 11 am, followed by evening sessions every day.

The Guests

26 October, 7pm
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: Arundhati Roy in conversation with Shohini Ghosh.

27 October, 7 pm
Zara sa jhoom loon main: Shobhaa De on turning seventy and having a blast! In conversation with Vidya Balan.

28 October, 5 pm
Inconvenient Truths: Are we heading for an environmental disaster. Sunita Narain, Prerna Bindra and Pradip Krishen.        

28 October, 7 pm
The Heart of the Matter. Ravinder Singh, Durjoy Datta and Sudeep Nagarkar.       

29 October, 5 pm
The Man from the Hills: Ruskin Bond on life, writing and his love of lemon cheesecake! In conversation with Sanjoy Roy.                    

29 October, 7 pm
Minds. Hussain Zaidi, Brijesh Singh, Ravi Subramanian, Novoneel Chakraborty.

30 Oct, 7 pm
The Line of Beauty. Perumal Murugan, Kannan Sundaram, Bibek Debroy and Shamsur Rahman Faruqi. Moderated by Namita Gokhale.                         

31 October, 7 pm
The Rise of the Elephant. Shashi Tharoor, Gurcharan Das, Sonu Bhasin. Moderated by Shireen Bhan.