Throughout nine  years, TIFL has hosted up to 200 authors from more than 40 countries, organized more than 300 events with participation of the writers, poets, moderators, translators and other literary professionals; it contributed to book promotions and presentations, magazine publications, created digital archive and number of artistic video-interviews with the authors. The festival stage has hosted a number of important authors including Charles Bernstein, Michael Palmer, Blake Crouch, DBC Pierre, Etgar Keret, Serhiy Zhadan, Melania Mazzucco, Vera Pavlova, Nino Kharatisvhili, Leo Vardiashvili, Victor Erofeyev, Bernhard Schlink, Yurii Andrukhovych, Tomas Venclova, Katja Petrowskaja, Bob Holman, Denver Butson, Pauline Picot, Lev Rubinstein, Ariana Harwicz, Dmitry Bykov, Krzystof Czyżewski, Daneil Wisser, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Arne Swingen, Vigdis Hjorth, and many others.

Over the past two years, significant shifts have taken place in the cultural landscape as a result of political interventions by the ruling party. These changes have deeply impacted cultural and artistic processes. In an effort to preserve the independence and integrity of creative expression, the literature festival took an important step in 2024. For the first time, the event was organized under the umbrella of PEN Georgia, a prominent advocate for freedom of expression and literary values. PEN is the organizer of the TIFL 2025 edition, too.