In a celebration of literature, art, and culture, the inaugural day of the Ceylon Literary and Arts Festival (CLF) is set to kick off tomorrow (Feb 08, 2024) at Trinity College Kandy. The Lit-fest, curated by celebrated author Ashok Ferrey, promises a vibrant tapestry of literature creativity, showcasing the essence of Sri Lankan literature and the most-sorted global giants in literature and art.
The Galle Literary Festival just concluded with a bang! And the literary excitement that ignited late last year won’t slow down as the Ceylon Literary Festival is around the corner! And Asian […]
The Asian Group of Literature has immense pleasure in announcing that the first edition of The Asian Prize for Short Story is now open for submissions. The submissions will be closed on 08th March, and the long list will be announced on 30th June, followed by the shortlist on 15th September. The winner will be announced on 15th December.
The renowned Page Turner Awards, an international writing competition that celebrates exceptional storytelling, proudly announces its opening to submissions for the 2024 season
“The World’s No.1 Literary Festival”, said Harper’s Bazaar, witnessing its launch in 2005. The Galle Literary Festival has become the most anticipated Literary Festival, hosting a variety of talks, workshops and exhibitions in an incredibly familiar atmosphere.
Arefa Tehsin, the shortlisted author for the Best Author Award by The Hindu, arrives in Sri Lanka to take part in a literary discussion and book signing event organised by The Asia […]
Arefa Tehsin is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books, both for children and adults, and contributes columns, features and travel articles to various publications like The Indian Express, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Outlook Money and TerraGreen.
The 31st edition of the Gratiean Prize for Creative Writing, presented by veteran author Micheal Ondaatje, is now open for submissions.
My affinity and love for ‘seeing’, whether it be art, built and natural environments has, in many ways, directed my vocational journey and also connected me to the various cultures and communities I have entered.
Taking the high moral ground, I wanted to write stories that showed up these awful women and suitably ‘punished’ them.
Join Pick a Book International’s E-meet exclusive Author’s Saga with the enchanting author behind the immersive book the woman who climbed trees
Ruqsana was born and brought up in London, while studying Architecture , she secretly got into Thai boxing and kept it secret from her family until she became professional ! She is the female atom weight World Kickboxing Champion.
Salis Mania Choice Awards 2022 Honors Faith and the Beloved of Kochery C Shibu.
Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo has won the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Five Years Next Sunday’. The announced was made by Okey Ndibe, Chair of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize Judging Panel, at an award ceremony in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
Arihant by Shubhan Balvally – A Futuristic Sci-fi Trilogy way ahead than its Time in India
tainment measure of the Pandemic and the new norms, Launch will be limited to an online event.
The Whole Wide World is a crime fiction that features writers from Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Maldives was launched in early September as a Publication of Sweerycat Press and is now available worldwide at online book retailers and selected bookstores.
In June of 1943 the Bíró brothers, László and György, became owners of US Patent 2,390,636 – better known around the world as the ball point pen. The Hungarian inventors’ new pen, […]
Beverly Cleary, the American children’s author who created the feisty characters of Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died at the age of 104. Cleary died last Thursday at her home in […]
Australian authors make up the majority of contenders for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction: namely Steven Conte, Kate Grenville and Pip Williams. The authors occupy three of the five potential […]
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