Winners of the 2018 PEN Literary Awards
PEN America is both a literary society and a human rights organization. Being part of a worldwide association (PEN International), it gives voice to...
Deception Point – Dan Brown
When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a...
10 Must-Reads by Sri Lanka’s Young Authors
Writing is a powerful form of expression and art. Be it a book you inherited, borrowed from a friend or a precious find from...
The Road from Elephant Pass – Nihal de Silva
An Army Officer's routine assignment to pick up a woman informant near Jaffna turns into a nightmare when the LTTE launches a massive attack...
95 Thoughts I had while reading Harry Potter and the Cursed...
by Vandana Hiranand
Oh my god, I can’t believe I actually have the new Harry Potter book in my hands!
It’s a script, but...
The Storyteller – Jodi Picoult
Sage Singer, a baker, and 90-year-old Josef Weber, are unlikely friends. Then Josef asks her for a favor – to help him die –...
City of the Lion by Carl Muller
In Children of the Lion, Carl Muller recreated the story of the conquest of Lanka by Sihabahu and Sihasivali’s eldest son, the disgraced and...
Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera
“There is a certain new ferocity in her eyes now. A certain new thing that was not there before. I recognize it as scar...
World Without End – Ken Follett
On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a...
The House of a Thousand Memories – Sunil Tantirige
“I suppose that there are certain things a full-blooded Canadian man will not do, and that includes dancing Baila. I must say I felt...
Upon a Sleepless Isle by Andrew Fidel Fernando
Dense green forests in Yala, white-sand coasts in Trincomalee, azure waters off the South Coast, Anuradhapura's ancient temples, and cricket. Civil war, political assassinations,...
The Danish Girl – David Ebershoff
by Ruvinie Machado
Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has...