FGLF Day 3 - VOICE AND SPACE: KAMILA SHAMSIE AND TISHANI DOS...

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Does gender bias remain? Two celebrated writers, Kamila Shamsie and Tishani Doshi discussed the nature, scopeand impact of gender bias ...

FGLF Day 3 - TRIGGER MORTIS: ANTHONY HOROWITZ

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“You first priority should be to never upset the people who love your characters!” As one of the most prolific and successful wri...

FGLF Day 3 - MY MOTHER’S WEDDING DRESS: JUSTINE PICARDIE

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“Don’t buy clothes that make you feel bad about yourself. Don’t buy clothes thinking you’ll wear it when you lose weight. Don�...

FGLF Day 3 - KATHMANDU: THOMAS BELL

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In this solo performance, Thomas Bell spoke about his highly acclaimed book ‘Kathmandu: The Biography of a City” and the backstory ...

FGLF Day 3 - MAPPILLAI: CARLO PIZZATI

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“Someone called me a reverse coconut; white on the outside, brown on the inside!” said Carlo Pizzati as he spoke about his book ‘...

FGLF Day 3 - THE TEA PLANTER’S WIFE: DINAH JEFFERIES

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The Tea Planter’s Wife is set in 1920’s Ceylon and follows the story of 19 year old Gwendolyn Hooper as she steps into Sri Lanka to...

Keeping it Classical and Cool with Gehan Cooray

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An evening of ’Classical and Cool’ music, featuring the Classical Baritone Gehan Cooray and Soprano Dinushka Jayawickrama, was held...

FGLF 2019 - THE PLAY’S THE THING – SIR DAVID HARE

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David Hare is one of Britain’s best-known screenwriters and playwrights, with over 30 plays and 25 screenplays for film and televisio...

FGLF 2019 - IS THIS A DAGGER? : ANTHONY HOROWITZ AND CHARLES...

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Anthony Horowitz and Charles Cumming are two masters of the detective and espionage genre and in this duet, they spoke extensively abou...

FGLF 2019 - JUST LIKE US: TASSIE SENEVIRATNE AND SARAH KABIR

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Two writers, Tassie Seneviratne and Sarah Kabir discussed their work in an engaging duet.

FGLF 2019 - THE GIRLS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS – TISHAN...

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Indian poet, writer and dancer, Tishani Doshi at her session conversed openly about her childhood, her influences, women and poetry and...

FGLF 2019 - THE JURY IS OUT : BACHI KARKARIA

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Bachi Karkaria’s book ‘In Hot Blood’ is the first non-fiction account of the 1959 murder case that shook India when naval command...

FGLF 2019 - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS: NANDANA SEN, ANNE ENRIGHT...

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Anne Enright’s ‘Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood’ meets Rachel Johnson’s ‘The Mummy Diaries’ along with advocate fo...

Colomboscope 2019

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Sensing the Ocean: Sri Lankan Artists at Colomboscope

Endurance- IRONMAN workshop by Workout.lk

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Workout.lk together with the Hatchare organizing an event titled ‘IRONMAN and IRONWOMEN of Sri Lanka’.

The FGLF 2019 Begins!

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The much-awaited Fairway Galle Literary Festival (FGLF) 2019 kicked off its 4-day Festival on the 16th of January 2019 at the Fairway P...

FGLF 2019- Megan Dhakshini

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Megan Dhakshini is the author of her debut collection of poetry titled ‘Poison Apple’. Here she talks about her poetry, her style o...

He Comes from Jaffna

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S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia Old Boys’ Association with the Creative Arts Foundation Presents

FGLF 2019: Sinhala Day

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Fairway Galle Literary Festival, for the third consecutive time this year, has a full day Sinhala programme on the 19th of January at t...

Bellissima Reviewed and Interviewed

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Most people share food, but they draw the line when it comes to desserts from Bellissima and I wondered why, until I tried some of them...

FGLF 2019 Festival Curator - Jill McDonald

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The Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2019 is weeks away and we are super excited! Festival Curator, Jill McDonald chats with us about FG...

FGLF 2019: In Conversation with Ramya Jirasinghe

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The Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2019 is weeks away and we are super excited! We caught up with local author and poet, Ramya Jirasin...

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Did you know that MAMMA MIA! ships 7 containers of sets and props to wherever they are performing? Here is an exclusive backstage vide...

Mamma Mia! Reviewed

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ABBA songs, powerhouse vocals and good acting wows audience

FGLF 2019 - A Tale of Ten Years

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“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”