How the Bangalore Literature Festival 2020 was held neither online nor on-ground, but in both forms One of the founders on how the litfest returned in physical letter and digital spirit. Jeffrey Archer in conversation with Nirmala Govindarajan. “Can you shift a bit to your left? And keep your eyes up here…” Who, asked the bemused authors, was speaking to them? It felt a bit like the voice of god, but it was merely the tech team giving instructions to the writers/speakers from their perch on another floor at what was a hybrid version of the Bangalore Literature Festival. Authors were both online and offline, as was the audience, which was either logged in from home or in person right here right now.