KANDY - 8TH-10TH JANUARY 2016
GALLE - 13TH- 17TH JANUARY 2016
JAFFNA - 23RD- 24TH JANUARY 2016
KANDY
DAY1
GALLE
DAY1
FRIday 8th JANUARY 2016
6:00- 7.30. PERFORMANCE (St Paul’s
Church). SOUL SOUNDS in Concert. Proceeds
go to Festival Educational Promotion
DAY2
9:00 – 12:00. EXCURSION. (Depart
Queens Hotel at 9.a.m) Channa Daswatte
on Kandy: Centre of Power and Ritual.
9:30 - 10.30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL. (Queen’s Hotel) FREE EVENT.
Panel conducted in Sinhala. Sunanda
Karunaratna, Isuru Chamara and
Timran Keerthi on Sinhala Poetry: A Vibrant
Literary Form.
11:00 - 12.00. Thinking Out Loud.
(Queen’s Hotel) Sebastian Faulks on Faulks
on Fiction.
12.30 – 2:00. LITERARY LUNCH. (The
Empire Café) Sebastian Faulks on Where
My Heart Used to Beat.
2:30- 3.30. IN CONVERSATION. (Queen’s
Hotel). Shani Mootoo on Cereus Blooms
at Night and Moving Forward Sideways like a
Crab.
4:30-5:30. PERFORMANCE. (Queen’s
Hotel) FREE EVENT. Please note this is a +18
event. Attendees should bring their IDs. The
Grassrooted Trust perform From the
Cloud.
8:00- 9:30. LITERARY DINNER. All festival
authors and Omar Musa recites from his work
(The Kandy House)
DAY3
SUNday 10th JANUARY 2016
9:30 - 10.30. IN CONVERSATION. Ovida
Yu on Aunty Lee’s delights and Aunty Lee’s
deadly specials (Queen’s Hotel).
11:00 - 12.00. Thinking Out Loud. Hugh
Thomson on the Green Road into the Trees: A
Walk through England (Queen’s Hotel).
12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH (Queen’s
Hotel) All FESTIVAL AUTHORS.
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11:30-2:00 GARDENS OF TAPROBANE
TOUR AND LUNCH, (Taprobane Island).
7:30-9:00. FESTIVAL WELCOME
(Akersloot).
7:30-9:00. ARMY CULTURAL SHOW (Law
Court Square) FREE EVENT.
DAY2
8:00-9:00. PERFORMANCE. Dance
Adventures by Sea Legs (Hall de Galle) FREE
EVENT.
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
Tom Holland.
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: A
Celebration of Poetry Gregory Pardlo (Why
House).
Wednesday 13th JANUARY 2016
6:00-7:30. BEATING RETREAT (Law Court
Square) FREE EVENT.
SATURday 9th JANUARY 2016
12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: Sebastian
Faulks on Devil May Care and James Bond
(Galle Fort Hotel).
THURSday 14th JANUARY 2016
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
Jenny Balfour-Paul.
12:30-2:00. LUNCHTIME ILLUMINATIONS:
Shani Mootoo on Experimental Video and
Activism (Hall de Galle) FREE EVENT.
2:30-3:30. IN CONVERSATION: Jeet Thayil
on Narcopolis (Hall de Galle).
2:30-3:30. IN CONVERSATION: Andrea
Maria Schenkel on Murder Farm and Ice Cold
(Maritime Museum).
8:00-12:00. EXCURSION: Architectural
tour of Ruhunu University Campus with David
Robson (Departs from Amangalla at 8 a.m.)
2:30-4:30. WORKSHOP: Samanth
Subramaniam on Reading to Write for Narrative
Non-Fiction (Amangalla).
9:00-10:30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL: Out on Main Street. Visakesa
Chandrasekaram, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera,
Shani Mootoo and Ovidia Yu (Hall de Galle)
FREE EVENT.
3:45-5:00. TEA AND POETRY-POETRY
READING: Tishani Doshi and Omar Musa
(Poonie’s Kitchen).
10:00-12:00. WORKSHOP: Padma
Viswanathan on People, Places, Things:
Creating Characters from Real-World
Observations (Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing).
10:00-2:00. COOKERY CLASS,
FOLLOWED BY LUNCH: The Fort Ladies on
Galle Cuisine (Gourmet Galle).
10:00-2:00 COOKERY CLASS,
FOLLOWED BY LUNCH: Chef Charles on How
to Create an Elegant Cocktail Party (Fort Bazaar
Hotel and Spa).
11:00-12:00. THINKING OUT LOUD: Hugh
Thomson on Nanda Devi – A Journey to the Last
Sanctuary. (Hall de Galle).
11:00-12:00. IN CONVERSATION: Meg
Rosoff on Jonathan Unleashed and How I Live
Now (Maritime Museum).
12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: Mark Tully
on India’s Road Ahead (Paddy Fields, Meet at
Jetwing Lighthouse at 12:15).
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4:00-5:00. THINKING OUT LOUD: Jenny
Balfour-Paul on Journeys through Indigo (Hall
de Galle).
4:00-5:00. DUET: Minoli Salgado and
Nayomi Munaweera on Writing Sri Lanka from
the Diaspora (Maritime Museum).
5:30- 7:00. PERFORMANCE: Visakesa
Chandrasekaram’s The King and the Assassin
(Maritime Museum) FREE EVENT.
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER A Night
with Meera Syal (Kahanda Kanda).
9:30 onwards. MAYHEM PAST MIDNIGHT:
Omar Musa on his poetry and new Hip Hop
album (Sun House).
DAY3
FRIday 15th JANUARY 2016
9:30-10:30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL: Literary Juries- How Do They Work,
What Are Their Criteria? Syed Manzoorul Islam,
Tissa Jayatilaka, Jill Macdonald and Carmen
Wickramagamage (Hall de Galle) FREE EVENT.
9:30-10:30. IN CONVERSATION: Anuradha
Roy on Sleeping on Jupiter (Maritime Museum).
9:30-10:30. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF
SRI LANKA: Shyam Selvadurai on Many Roads
Through Paradise, The Hungry Ghosts and his
project Write to Reconcile (Galle Heritage Villa
by Jetwing) FREE EVENT.
10:00-2:00. EXCURSION: Channa
Daswatte on Lunuganga: Genius of the Place
(Depart from Amangalla at 10a.m).
10:00-12:00. WORKSHOP: Anthony
McGowan on How to Write a Gripping Book for
Children (Scouts Headquarters).
5:30-7:00. THINKING OUT LOUD: Fiona
Shaw on Shakespeare and Friends, Ibsen and
Enemies (Hall de Galle).
10:00-2:00 COOKERY CLASS,
FOLLOWED BY LUNCH: French Chefs
Jacques & Laurent Pourcel on Food of the
Mediterranean (Landesi by Jetwing).
5:30-6:30. WINE TASTING: (Lit Café) FREE
EVENT (limited to a 50 complimentary tickets
- available online at wOw.lk and all box offices)
Wine Tasting by Favourites.
10:00-2:00 COOKERY CLASS,
FOLLOWED BY LUNCH: Meera Sodha on My
Favourite Family Recipes (Gourmet Galle).
5:45-8:00. EXHIBITION LAUNCH: EarthLine by Anoma Wijewardene, with words
by Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe and a reading by
Amitav Ghosh (48 Lighthouse Street).
SILVER PARTNERS
11:00-12:00. IN CONVERSATION: Amitav
Ghosh on his Ibis Trilogy (Hall de Galle).
11:00-12:00. IN CONVERSATION: Mark
Tully on No Full Stops in India and India The
Road Ahead (Maritime Museum).
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11:00-12:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF
SRI LANKA: Edmund Jayasuriya, Ariyawansa
Ranaweera and Dr. Sunil Wijesiriwardena on
The Salalihini Sandesa, the Sandesa Tradition
and Translations (Galle Heritage Villa by
Jetwing) FREE EVENT.
6:30-7:30. WINE TASTING: (Lit Café) FREE
EVENT (limited to 50 complimentary tickets available online at wOw.lk and all box offices.)
IDL on Wine Tasting.
12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: Meera
Syal on Anita and Me (The Fort Printers).
12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH:
Sebastian Faulks and William Sieghart Poetry
and Fiction (Fort Bazaar Hotel and Spa).
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
Andy Stanton.
8:00-10:00. TAPROBANE PARTY: With
Festival Authors (Taprobane Island) (Limited
Tickets).
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
David Lough.
12:15-2:00. LUNCHTIME ILLUMINATIONS:
Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s Frangipani (Hall de
Galle) FREE EVENT.
2:00-3:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF
SRI LANKA: Jayatilaka Kammallaweera and
Nandana Weerasinghe on Contemporary Trends
and Achievements in Sinhala Literature (Galle
Heritage Villa by Jetwing) FREE EVENT. Panel
conducted in Sinhala.
2:30-3:30. THINKING OUT LOUD: Saba
Douglas-Hamilton on The Secret Life of
Elephants (Hall de Galle).
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An
Evening with Tom Holland (Tamarind Hill).
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: In my
Mother’s Words with Nandana Sen (Amangalla).
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: Out of
Africa with Saba Douglas Hamilton (Owl and the
Pussycat).
DAY4
SATURDAY 16th JANUARY 2016
9:00-12:00. EXCURSION: CHANNA
DASWATTE on A Walk through Time and Style
(Depart from Amangalla at 9 a.m.).
2:30-3:30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL: The Art of the Thriller and Mystery
Novel. Anthony McGowan, Andrea Maria
Schenkel and Ovidia Yu (Maritime Museum.)
9:00-10:30. DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH
ASIAN LITERATURE SHORTLIST PANEL (Hall
de Galle).
2:30-3:30. DUET: Omar Musa and Padma
Viswanathan on Trauma, Migration and
Recovery (Scouts Headquarters).
2:30-4:30. WORKSHOP: Shehan
Karunatilaka on How to Tell a Sri Lankan Story
(Galle Library, Galle Fort).
3:00-4:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF
SRI LANKA SERIES: Ramla Wahab-Salman
on The Bittersweet Histories of the Muslims of
Southwest Sri Lanka (Galle Heritage Villa by
Jetwing). FREE EVENT.
3:00-5:30. COOKERY CLASS FOLLOWED
BY LIGHT MEAL: Chef Charles on Ceviches,
Crudos & Tartares (Gourmet Galle).
3:45-5:00. TEA AND POETRY-POETRY
READING: Fiona Shaw and Mona Arshi
(Poonie’s Kitchen).
4:00-5:00: IN CONVERSATION: Meera
Syal on The House of Hidden Mothers (Hall de
Galle).
4:00-5:00. IN CONVERSATION: Matt Haig
on Reasons to Stay Alive (Maritime Museum).
4:00-5:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF
SRI LANKA: Elmo Jayawardena and Vivimarie
VanderPoorten on Writing Sri Lanka in English.
(Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing) FREE EVENT.
5:30-6:30 FAIRWAY NATIONAL LITERARY
AWARD CEREMONY (Fairway Hospitality
Marquee). (limited to a 100 complimentary
tickets - available online at wOw.lk and all box
offices.)
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7:00-9:00. PUB QUIZ: Jehan Mendis on
The Galle Literary Festival Pub Quiz, Dick’s Bar,
Sun House.
8:00-9:30. PERFORMANCE: Sonam Kalra
and The Sufi Gospel Project (Hall de Galle)
FREE EVENT.
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
Hugh Thomson.
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6:30-7:30. PERFORMANCE: The
Grassrooted Trust perform From the Cloud.
(Maritime Museum) FREE EVENT. Please note
this is a +18 event. Attendees should bring
their IDs.
9:00-10:30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL: Comedy and Comic Writing. Sebastian
Faulks, Shehan Karunatilaka and Chhimi
Tenduf- La (Maritime Museum).
10:00- 2:00. COOKERY CLASS,
FOLLOWED BY LUNCH: Fort Ladies on their
Kitchen Secrets of Great Curries and Rotis (85
Leyn Bahn Street).
10:00- 12:00. WORKSHOP: Tishani Doshi
on How to Write a Love Poem (Galle Library,
Galle Fort).
10:00-11:30. POETRY PHARMACY:
William Sieghart offers Poetic Prescriptions for
what ails you (Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing).
FREE EVENT (limited to 20 complimentary
tickets - available online at wOw.lk and all box
offices).
11:00-12:00. IN CONVERSATION: Sonali
Deraniyagala on Wave (Hall de Galle).
11:00-12:00. THINKING OUT LOUD:
Kenan Malik on The Quest for a Moral Compass
(Maritime Museum).
11:00-12:00. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL, SANGAM: FESTIVAL OF INDIA IN
SRI LANKA 2015-2016: India’s Great Regional
Voices. Sri M. Mukundan, Dr. Pratibha Ray and
Dr. R. Vairamuthu (Scouts Headquarters) FREE
EVENT.
12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: Anuradha
Roy and Nayomi Munaweera on Writing South
Asia. (Amangalla).
PLATINUM PARTNER
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12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: The
Forward Poetry Prize Lunch: Tishani Doshi and
Mona Arshi (Fortaleza).
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
Padma Viswanathan
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
Shehan Karunatilaka
12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR!
Samanth Subramaniam.
12:30-2:00. LUNCHTIME ILLUMINATIONS:
Screening of Common Ground (Hall de Galle)
FREE EVENT.
2:30-3:30. THINKING OUT LOUD: Tom
Holland on Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the
House of Caesar (Hall de Galle).
2:30-3:30. DUET: Rohini Mohan and
Samanth Subramaniam on Sri Lanka’s War and
Peace through Indian Eyes (Maritime Museum).
2:30-3:30. THINKING OUT LOUD: Alex
Stewart on Image/Word/Image: The role of
Illustration Alongside the Written Word (Scout’s
Headquarters).
2:30-4:30. WORKSHOP: Sebastian Faulks
on The Joy of Fiction and Historical Fiction
(Landesi by Jetwing).
3:45-5:00. TEA AND POETRY-POETRY
READING: Gregory Pardlo and Jeet Thayil
(Poonie’s Kitchen).
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER:
The Maharajah’s and Maharani’s Feast by chef,
Meera Sodha with Amitav Ghosh (Elysium).
DAY5
SUNDAY 17th JANUARY 2016
9:15-10:15. THINKING OUT LOUD: David
Lough on Churchill and His Money (Jetwing
Lighthouse).
9.30-11.30. EXCURSION: Memories of the
Fort with Mrs.Cader (Departs from Old Fort Gate
at 9.30)
10:45-11:45. IN CONVERSATION:
Sebastian Faulks on his French Trilogy: The
Girl at the Lion d’Or, Birdsong and Charlotte
Gray (Jetwing Lighthouse).
12:00- 1:00. DUET: Gregory Pardlo and
Mona Arshi on Poetry: the Personal and the
Political. (Jetwing Lighthouse).
1:00-2:30. FINALE LUNCH: Grand Finale
and inauguration of the Edward Lear Prize for
Poetry (Jetwing Lighthouse).
JAFFNA
PLEASE NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF
CHARGE.
DAY1
SATURDAY 23rd JANUARY 2016
4:00-5:00. DUET: Sonali Deraniyagala
and Shyam Selvaduraion Memoir vs
Autobiographical Fiction (Hall de Galle).
9:30 - 10.30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL: Panel conducted in Tamil. Ayathurai
Santhan, Gayathree Srikandavel and Kandiah
Shriganeshan on Tamil Literature, Across
Genres (Jaffna Public Library).
4:00-5:00. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL
PANEL: Paul M.M. Cooper, Anita Nair and
Anuradha Roy on Historical Fiction (Maritime
Museum).
11:00 - 12.00. Thinking Out Loud:
Kenan Malik on The Quest for a Moral Compass
(Jaffna Public Library).
4:00-5:00. ARCHITECTURAL TALK: David
Robson on The Architectural Heritage of Sri
Lanka (The Fort Printers).
2:00- 3.00. IN CONVERSATION: Padma
Viswanathan on The Toss of a Lemon. (Jaffna
Public Library).
4:00-5:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF
SRI LANKA: S. Pathmanathan on Contemporary
Tamil Poetry (Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing)
FREE EVENT. Panel will be conducted in
English with readings in Tamil and English.
3:30-4:30. IN CONVERSATION: Ovidia Yu
on Aunty Lee’s Delights and Aunty Lee’s Deadly
Specials (Jaffna Public Library).
4:00-5:00. PERFORMANCE: Heike Fiedler
performs Territory Stories (Scouts Headquarters)
FREE EVENT.
5:30- 7:00. DSC PRIZE 2016 AWARD
CEREMONY (Hall de Galle) FREE EVENT.
7:00-8:00. PERFORMANCE: The Chamber
Music Society of Colombo plays A Selection
of Classical Masterpieces (Dutch Reformed
Church). Proceeds go to Festival Educational
Promotion
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An
Evening with Fiona Shaw (The Fort Printers).
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An
Evening with KENAN MALIK and JEET THAYIL.
Join these award winning writers for a dinner.
Kenan will talk briefly and Jeet will read from his
own work (Galle Fort Hotel).
8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An
Evening with Sonali Deraniyagala and Chef
Charles (Dutch House).
SILVER PARTNERS
5:00-6:00. PERFORMANCE: The
Grassrooted Trust perform From the
Cloud. Please note this is a +18 event.
Attendees should bring their IDs (Jaffna
Public Library).
DAY2
SUNDAY 24th JANUARY 2016
9:00 - 10.00. IN CONVERSATION: Session
will be conducted in Tamil and English Rohini
Mohan on The Seasons of Trouble (Jaffna
Public Library).
10.15 - 11.15. Thinking Out Loud:
Sebastian Faulks on Faulks on Fiction (Jaffna
Public Library).
11:30-12:30. PERFORMANCE:
Performance will be in Tamil. Geeta
Ramanujam performs Soul Story (Jaffna Public
Library).
12:30-1:30. THINKING OUT LOUD: Jon
Snow on his The Golden Age of Journalism
(Jaffna Public Library).
Disclaimer: The Festival organisers will not
be liable for any changes made to the Festival
Programme, since time of going to print.
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