FESTIVAL - Ekamra Sports Literature Festival
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FESTIVAL
Even as the number of Books written on sports has increased manifold,
not only in India but across the world, there was no platform with the
right scale and canvas bringing authors and sports persons of
international acclaim together.
The Sports Literary Festival combines the written word with the
burgeoning world of Indian andworld sport. Global sport stars are
increasinglu coming out with biographies, plus thousands of books are
published by authors and journalists.
With prominent authors and sportspersons
coming to Brampton, the festival will
bring the ‘ethnoburb’ of Toronto center-stage
and cement its position as a modern,
thriving, culturally diverse city of Canada.
Most successful festivals around the world
are created organically through public-
private partnerships.
Brampton has always been ahead of its time
and growth in the city over the years has
been massive.
A Sports Literature Festival with the
patronage of the Mayor’s Office will give the
Flower City and its multicultural population
an experience to
remember.
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TWO SUCCESSFUL EDITIONS
Bhubaneswar New Delhi
India India
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2018 - INAUGURAL EDITION
.Packed audiences heard former Canadian Sprinter Ben Johnson, Hockey Guru Ric
Charlesworth, multiple Goldmedal winning Olympic Swimmer Stephanie Rice, fastbowling
legend Jeff Thomson, Indian Test batsman Ajinkya Rahane and former Test player
Mohammed Kaif.
TWO DAYS
50 3 BOOK
SPEAKERS LAUNCHES
12 SESSIONS BOOK SALES
TENTS
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2019 - SEASON 2
.Packed audiences heard and interacted with former England Cricketer Monty Panesar,
Former, Indian Cricketer Kirti Azad, World class cyclist Kristen Worley, India's Ace
Sprinter Dutee Chand, Former Indian Davis Cup captain Rohit Rajpal, T20 World Cup
Winning Bowler Joginder Sharma and former Former India Spinner Murali Kartik.
TWO DAYS
17 SPEAKERS FIRST EVER
SPORTS
BOOK
13 SESSIONS
AWARDS
05EKAMRA SPORTS BOOK AWARDS
Becoming an author is a huge achievement in itself. The objective of these awards
is to reward homegrown talent and become a platform of recognition for
exceptional sports writing. The awards celebrate the work of the authors who
have shared their experience and expertise in published book form. Assessing
factors include thought-provoking content, quality of writing, structure and
originality.
1 The second edition of the Ekamra Sports
Literature Festival concluded with a grand
ceremony announcing the First Sports
Books Awards of India. The awards drew an
Sports Book of the Year overwhelming response from authors,
publishers and sports fans.
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Outstanding Sports Book
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Biography of the Year
3
Autobiography of the Year
5
Cricket Book of the Year
The Ekamra Sports Book Awards in as
many as six categories were
announced. The jury comprised senior 6
editors and academicians who
shortlisted submissions received from
Best Sports Book Publisher
various publishing housese.
06OUR GOALS FOR BRAMPTON LIT
FEST
Like every aspect of life, the sports industry - worth globally
more than CAD 670 billion - has been badly affected by the
coronavirus.
On an individual level, however, Canada has been at the forefront
the pandemic has also had a of the sports world’s dramatic
major impact on the vast majority response to the Covid-19
of athletes. The lockdown pandemic, playing a key role in
restrictions across the world have persuading the International
forced many of them to rethink Olympic Committee to postpone
both their careers and redefine the Tokyo Games and, in some
professional futures and goals. regions of the country, canceling
all sporting events and other
large gatherings through August.
2020
07SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS - 2020
The Role I Played: Canada's
1 Greatest Olympic Hockey Team
Sami Jo Small
Best of Canadian Sportswriting:
2
Stacey May Fowles with Pasha
Malla
Adjusting to the New Normal -
3
Mental Health Kristen Worley
with Kevin Rempel
4 1982 Brazil: The Glorious Failure
Stu Horsfield with Scott Russell
The Thin White Line: The Inside
5 Story of Cricket’s Greatest
Scandal
Nick Greenslade
6 Sport & Gender Inequity in
Canada
Anastasia Bucsis
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