11:00-12:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF 6:30-7:30. PERFORMANCE: The 12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: The 8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: SRI LANKA: Edmund Jayasuriya, Ariyawansa Grassrooted Trust perform From the Cloud. Forward Poetry Prize Lunch: Tishani Doshi and The Maharajah’s and Maharani’s Feast by chef, Ranaweera and Dr. Sunil Wijesiriwardena on (Maritime Museum) FREE EVENT. Please note Mona Arshi (Fortaleza). Meera Sodha with Amitav Ghosh (Elysium). The Salalihini Sandesa, the Sandesa Tradition this is a +18 event. Attendees should bring and Translations (Galle Heritage Villa by their IDs. th Jetwing) FREE EVENT. 12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR! SUNDAY 17 JANUARY 2016 Padma Viswanathan DAY5 6:30-7:30. WINE TASTING: (Lit Café) FREE 12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: Meera EVENT (limited to 50 complimentary tickets - 9:15-10:15. THINKING OUT LOUD: David 12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR! Syal on Anita and Me (The Fort Printers). available online at wOw.lk and all box offices.) Lough on Churchill and His Money (Jetwing Shehan Karunatilaka IDL on Wine Tasting. Lighthouse). 12:30-2:00. LITERARY LUNCH: Sebastian Faulks and William Sieghart Poetry 7:00-9:00. PUB QUIZ: Jehan Mendis on 12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR! 9.30-11.30. EXCURSION: Memories of the and Fiction (Fort Bazaar Hotel and Spa). The Galle Literary Festival Pub Quiz, Dick’s Bar, Samanth Subramaniam. Fort with Mrs.Cader (Departs from Old Fort Gate Sun House. at 9.30) 12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR! 12:30-2:00. LUNCHTIME ILLUMINATIONS: Andy Stanton. 8:00-9:30. PERFORMANCE: Sonam Kalra Screening of Common Ground (Hall de Galle) 10:45-11:45. IN CONVERSATION: and The Sufi Gospel Project (Hall de Galle) FREE EVENT. Sebastian Faulks on his French Trilogy: The FREE EVENT. Girl at the Lion d’Or, Birdsong and Charlotte 12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR! THINKING OUT LOUD: Tom Gray (Jetwing Lighthouse). Hugh Thomson. 2:30-3:30. 8:00-10:00. TAPROBANE PARTY: With Holland on Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Festival Authors (Taprobane Island) (Limited House of Caesar (Hall de Galle). 12:00- 1:00. DUET: Gregory Pardlo and 12:30-2:00. PRIVATE AFFAIR! Tickets). Mona Arshi on Poetry: the Personal and the David Lough. Political. (Jetwing Lighthouse). 2:30-3:30. DUET: Rohini Mohan and 8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An Samanth Subramaniam on Sri Lanka’s War and 12:15-2:00. LUNCHTIME ILLUMINATIONS: Evening with Tom Holland (Tamarind Hill). Peace through Indian Eyes (Maritime Museum). 1:00-2:30. FINALE LUNCH: Grand Finale Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s Frangipani (Hall de and inauguration of the Edward Lear Prize for Galle) FREE EVENT. Poetry (Jetwing Lighthouse). 8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: In my 2:30-3:30. THINKING OUT LOUD: Alex Mother’s Words with Nandana Sen (Amangalla). Stewart on Image/Word/Image: The role of 2:00-3:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF Illustration Alongside the Written Word (Scout’s SRI LANKA: Jayatilaka Kammallaweera and Headquarters). Nandana Weerasinghe on Contemporary Trends 8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: Out of and Achievements in Sinhala Literature (Galle Africa with Saba Douglas Hamilton (Owl and the JAFFNA 2:30-4:30. WORKSHOP: Sebastian Faulks Pussycat). Heritage Villa by Jetwing) FREE EVENT. Panel on The Joy of Fiction and Historical Fiction PLEASE NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF conducted in Sinhala. (Landesi by Jetwing). CHARGE. DAY4 SATURDAY 16th JANUARY 2016 THINKING OUT LOUD: Saba rd 2:30-3:30. 3:45-5:00. TEA AND POETRY-POETRY SATURDAY 23 JANUARY 2016 Douglas-Hamilton on The Secret Life of READING: Gregory Pardlo and Jeet Thayil DAY1 Elephants (Hall de Galle). 9:00-12:00. EXCURSION: CHANNA (Poonie’s Kitchen). DASWATTE on A Walk through Time and Style 9:30 - 10.30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL (Depart from Amangalla at 9 a.m.). GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL 2:30-3:30. 4:00-5:00. DUET: Sonali Deraniyagala PANEL: Panel conducted in Tamil. Ayathurai PANEL: The Art of the Thriller and Mystery and Shyam Selvaduraion Memoir vs Santhan, Gayathree Srikandavel and Kandiah Novel. Anthony McGowan, Andrea Maria 9:00-10:30. DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH Autobiographical Fiction (Hall de Galle). Shriganeshan on Tamil Literature, Across Schenkel and Ovidia Yu (Maritime Museum.) ASIAN LITERATURE SHORTLIST PANEL (Hall Genres (Jaffna Public Library). de Galle). 4:00-5:00. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL 2:30-3:30. DUET: Omar Musa and Padma PANEL: Paul M.M. Cooper, Anita Nair and 11:00 - 12.00. Thinking Out Loud: Viswanathan on Trauma, Migration and 9:00-10:30. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL Anuradha Roy on Historical Fiction (Maritime Kenan Malik on The Quest for a Moral Compass Recovery (Scouts Headquarters). PANEL: Comedy and Comic Writing. Sebastian Museum). (Jaffna Public Library). Faulks, Shehan Karunatilaka and Chhimi Tenduf- La (Maritime Museum). 2:30-4:30. WORKSHOP: Shehan 4:00-5:00. ARCHITECTURAL TALK: David 2:00- 3.00. IN CONVERSATION: Padma Karunatilaka on How to Tell a Sri Lankan Story Robson on The Architectural Heritage of Sri Viswanathan on The Toss of a Lemon. (Jaffna (Galle Library, Galle Fort). 10:00- 2:00. COOKERY CLASS, Lanka (The Fort Printers). Public Library). FOLLOWED BY LUNCH: Fort Ladies on their Kitchen Secrets of Great Curries and Rotis (85 3:00-4:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF 3:30-4:30. IN CONVERSATION: Ovidia Yu Leyn Bahn Street). 4:00-5:00. FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF SRI LANKA SERIES: Ramla Wahab-Salman SRI LANKA: S. Pathmanathan on Contemporary on Aunty Lee’s Delights and Aunty Lee’s Deadly on The Bittersweet Histories of the Muslims of Tamil Poetry (Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing) Specials (Jaffna Public Library). Southwest Sri Lanka (Galle Heritage Villa by 10:00- 12:00. WORKSHOP: Tishani Doshi FREE EVENT. Panel will be conducted in Jetwing). FREE EVENT. on How to Write a Love Poem (Galle Library, English with readings in Tamil and English. 5:00-6:00. PERFORMANCE: The Galle Fort). Grassrooted Trust perform From the 3:00-5:30. COOKERY CLASS FOLLOWED 4:00-5:00. PERFORMANCE: Heike Fiedler Cloud. Please note this is a +18 event. BY LIGHT MEAL: Chef Charles on Ceviches, 10:00-11:30. POETRY PHARMACY: performs Territory Stories (Scouts Headquarters) Attendees should bring their IDs (Jaffna Crudos & Tartares (Gourmet Galle). William Sieghart offers Poetic Prescriptions for FREE EVENT. Public Library). what ails you (Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing).

FREE EVENT (limited to 20 complimentary th TEA AND POETRY-POETRY SUNDAY 24 JANUARY 2016 3:45-5:00. tickets - available online at wOw.lk and all box 5:30- 7:00. DSC PRIZE 2016 AWARD READING: Fiona Shaw and Mona Arshi DAY2 offices). CEREMONY (Hall de Galle) FREE EVENT. (Poonie’s Kitchen). 9:00 - 10.00. IN CONVERSATION: Session 11:00-12:00. IN CONVERSATION: Sonali 7:00-8:00. PERFORMANCE: The Chamber IN CONVERSATION: Meera will be conducted in Tamil and English Rohini 4:00-5:00: Deraniyagala on Wave (Hall de Galle). Music Society of Colombo plays A Selection Syal on The House of Hidden Mothers (Hall de Mohan on The Seasons of Trouble (Jaffna of Classical Masterpieces (Dutch Reformed Public Library). Galle). Church). Proceeds go to Festival Educational 11:00-12:00. THINKING OUT LOUD: Promotion Kenan Malik on The Quest for a Moral Compass IN CONVERSATION: Matt Haig 10.15 - 11.15. Thinking Out Loud: 4:00-5:00. (Maritime Museum). on Reasons to Stay Alive (Maritime Museum). Sebastian Faulks on Faulks on Fiction (Jaffna 8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An Public Library). Evening with Fiona Shaw (The Fort Printers). 11:00-12:00. GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF 4:00-5:00. PANEL, SANGAM: FESTIVAL OF INDIA IN SRI LANKA: Elmo Jayawardena and Vivimarie 11:30-12:30. PERFORMANCE: SRI LANKA 2015-2016: India’s Great Regional 8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An VanderPoorten on Writing Sri Lanka in English. Performance will be in Tamil. Geeta Voices. Sri M. Mukundan, Dr. Pratibha Ray and Evening with KENAN MALIK and JEET THAYIL. (Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing) FREE EVENT. Ramanujam performs Soul Story (Jaffna Public Dr. R. Vairamuthu (Scouts Headquarters) FREE Join these award winning writers for a dinner. Library). EVENT. Kenan will talk briefly and Jeet will read from his 5:30-6:30 FAIRWAY NATIONAL LITERARY own work (Galle Fort Hotel). AWARD CEREMONY (Fairway Hospitality 12:30-1:30. THINKING OUT LOUD: Jon LITERARY LUNCH: Anuradha Marquee). (limited to a 100 complimentary 12:30-2:00. Snow on his The Golden Age of Journalism Roy and Nayomi Munaweera on Writing South tickets - available online at wOw.lk and all box 8:00-10:00. LITERARY DINNER: An (Jaffna Public Library). Asia. (Amangalla). offices.) Evening with Sonali Deraniyagala and Chef Charles (Dutch House). 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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