Pittsburgh’s Inaugural Literary Festival Celebrates Creative Free Expression City of Asylum will host International LitFest, a 10-day series of events featuring more than 30 speakers, including Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners. April 29, 2021 NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OLGA TOKARCZUK | PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK City of Asylum is gearing up to host Pittsburgh’s first-ever International Literary Festival, (LitFest). This 10-day event will start on Wednesday, May 12 and bring together authors from around the world to discuss themes of migration, displacement and identity in contemporary literature. The festival will take place in live and virtual formats, but every live program will have virtual coverage in order to provide global access to the panels.