By Uditha Devapriya The Martin Wickramasinghe Collection at the National Library in Colombo contains over 5,000 books. Most of them are worn out and dusty, though well preserved. Some are recent ...

This week, debut novels dominated the reviews while in non-fiction, narrative history and an exploration of the dangers of overworking were picked in the Telegraph and Sunday Times, respectively.

This week, debut novels dominated the reviews while in non-fiction, narrative history and an exploration of the dangers of overworking were picked in the Telegraph and Sunday Times, respectively.

Martin Panchaud, trans. from the German by Allison M. Charette. Abrams ComicArts, $26.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-41977-666-3 Panchaud’s idiosyncratic debut, an Angoulême award winner, tracks a London ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several uniquely Sri Lankan words to its June 2025 update, OED.com has said.Among the new entries is “asweddumise”, meaning to prepare land for paddy ...

A tense thriller that still lets you savour the tastes of France: The best Classic Crime novels out now - An Enemy in the Village by Martin Walker, Night at the Crossroads by Georges Simenon, And ...

It was here that Martin Wickramasinghe, under the pseudonym “Mayura Pada”, began penning the island’s earliest film critiques in Silumina, and later, Jayawilal Wilegoda sharpened the national ...

At a bend in the trail just past Seetha Gangula, I see a young man in white stop, barefoot, clutching a worn cloth bag. The trail around him bustles with chatter, plastic bottles, and the flash of ...

Veteran actress and Queen of Sri Lankan Cinema, Malini Fonseka, passed away this morning, March 24, 2025, at the age of 78 while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo. Born on April 30, ...

Stephen King TV adaptation with Martin Freeman's son release date confirmed. The Stephen King novel The Institute is being turned into a TV series with its release date now confirmed by MGM+.

Steven Millhauser Wins Prize for Short Stories. The author, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Martin Dressler,” was awarded the Story Prize for his collection “We Others.” ...

By Charles .S.Perera Ranil Wickramasinghe spells disaster, CFA, Milenium house, Batalanda torture camps, cruelty, revengefulness, ambitious for his personal aggrandisement, servility to the white west ...