Our 2008 Festival will take place from the 16th – 20th January.
We will be posting full details of our 2008 programme in early October of this year.
We welcome any suggestions as to topics you would like to have discussed and writers/participants you would like to see attend. Please email us at info@galleliteraryfestival.com.
To date the following authors have expressed an interest in attending; Shyam Selvadurai, Rohinton Mistry, Vikram Seth, Jung Chang, John Julius Norwich, Simon Winchester, Salman Rushdie, Christopher Ondaatje, Anita and Kiran Desai and Shobhaa De.
| Date |
Event Type |
Event |
Time |
Code |
Price |
Buy a ticket |
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| 10th January 2007 |
Grand opening of the inaugural Galle Literary Festival at The Law Court Square, Galle Fort |
|
Main Event |
Festival Opening & Launch |
6.00pm |
001 |
USD15.00 |
SOLD OUT |
| 11th January 2007 |
Lunuganga, Bentota |
|
Main Event |
Brief Bagatalle with David Robson & Channa Daswatte |
10.00am - 11.15am |
002 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
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Workshop |
Creative Writing Workshop with Ann Scowcroft |
10.00am - 1.00pm |
W1 |
USD15.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
Conversations on the Writing Life with Yasmine Gooneratne & Deepika Shetty |
11.30am - 12.45pm |
003 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Feature Event |
Literary Lunch – Exotic Flavours – Christine Manfield & Janet de Neefe |
12.45pm - 2.00pm |
004 |
USD50.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
When the Setting is the Story – Madhur Jaffrey, Christopher Kremmer & Deepika Shetty |
2.15pm - 3.15pm |
005 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
Bawa and Beyond with C Anjalendran, Madhura Prematilleke, Anura Ratnavibushana, Kerry Hill & David Robson |
3.30pm - 4.45pm |
006 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
Walking Garden Tour of Lunuganga by Channa Daswatte |
4.45pm - 5.30pm |
007 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Feature Event |
Literary Dinner with Suketu Mehta and Peter Kuruvita |
8.00pm - 10.30pm |
008 |
USD50.00 |
SOLD OUT |
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Free Event |
Late-night movie 'Flying with One Wing' Directed by Asoka Handagama |
8.00pm - Late |
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| 12th January 2007 |
The Hall de Galle, Galle Fort |
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Main Event |
Re-reading Jane Austen featuring Yasmine Gooneratne & ‘Another Lady’ |
9.30am - 10.30am |
009 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
Language and Writing Life with Gratiaen Prize Winners Carl Muller, Elmo Jayawardena & Tissa Abeysekara |
11.00am - 12.15pm |
010 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
The Outside Inside – Sri Lankan Literature & Beyond with Nury Vittachi & Richard Simon |
12.30pm - 1.45pm |
011 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Feature Event |
Literary Lunch – Victoria Glendinning & Yasmine Gooneratne |
12.30pm - 2.00pm |
012 |
USD50.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
The First Word: Breaking the Ice featuring Ashok Ferrey, David Blacker, Manuka Wijesinghe & Ameena Hussein |
2.00 pm - 3.15pm |
013 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Workshop |
Writing Across Media with Deepika Shetty |
2.00pm - 5.00pm |
W2 |
USD15.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
East meets West with Mark Tully & Christopher Kremmer |
3.30pm - 4.45pm |
014 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
Telling the tale: Fact or Fiction – Kiran Desai, Romesh Gunsekera, Suketu Mehta & Nury Vittachi |
5.00pm - 6.15pm |
015 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
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Main Event |
Galle Fort Walking Tour & Discussion with Rajpal de Silva |
5.00pm - 6.00pm |
016 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Feature Event |
Literary Dinner with William Dalrymple & Rose Gray |
8.00pm - 10.30pm |
017 |
USD50.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Free Event |
A Class Act - Music & Reading with Ashok Ferrey |
6.45pm - 7.30pm |
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Free Event |
Poets Unplugged & Jazz evening |
8.00pm - Late |
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| 13th January 2007 |
The main day of the festival programme offers two different programmes in two different locations. |
| OPTION #1 The Hall de Galle, Galle Fort |
|
Main Event |
It's just not Cricket! Featuring Romesh Gunesekera |
9.30am - 10.30am |
018 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
The Last Mughal featuring William Dalrymple |
11.00am - 12.15pm |
019 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Feature Event |
Literary Lunch
- A Private Affair! |
12.30pm - 2.00pm |
020 |
USD50.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
Four ways forward – Pradeep Jeganathan,
Lal Medawattagedera, Jagath Kumarasinghe, Madhubashini Ratnayake & Neloufer de Mel |
2.00pm - 3.15pm |
021 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
In the Spotlight with Kiran Desai, The 2006 Man Booker Prize Winner |
3.30pm - 4.45pm |
022 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
Unveiling the Woolf! Victoria Glendinning & Ashley Halpe |
5.00pm - 6.00pm |
023 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Feature Event |
Literary Dinner with Madhur Jaffrey and Hiran Cooray |
8.00pm - 10.30pm |
024 |
USD50.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Free Event |
Live Debate: Men are better writers than women! |
6.45pm - 8.30pm |
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Free Event |
Live Show Entertainment |
10.00pm - late |
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| 13th January 2007 |
OPTION #2 Samakanda, Galle |
|
Main Event |
A year in Sri Lanka with Rory Spowers, Libby Southwell & Richard Simon |
10.00am - 11.15am |
025 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
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Children’s Event |
Story-telling with Barbara Sansoni |
10.00am - 11.15am |
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Main Event |
Walking Tour of Samakanda with Rory Spowers |
11.30am - 12.30pm |
026 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
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Children’s Event |
Eco Workshop for children |
11.30am - 12.30pm |
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Children’s Event |
Colour Workshop for children with Barbara Sansoni |
11.30am - 12.30pm |
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Feature Event |
Gourmet al fresco Lunch
‘A Moveable Feast’ – Peter Kuruvita, Carina Cooper & Rose Gray |
12.30pm - 2.30pm |
027 |
USD20.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Children’s Event |
Children’s Art Workshop with Tissa de Alwis |
12.30pm - 2.30pm |
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Main Event |
Can Tourism Help the Environment? Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne, Rukshan Jayewardene, Dr Ranil Senanayake & Rory Spowers |
2.45 pm - 3.45pm |
028 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
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Story-telling with Timothy Seneviratne |
2.45 pm - 3.45pm |
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Free Event |
Soak in Samakanda |
3.45pm - 6.00pm |
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Free Event |
EVENING FILM |
6.30pm - 8.00pm |
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| 14th January 2007 |
The Light House, Galle |
|
Main Event |
What makes Sri Lankans one? Featuring Neela Marikkar, Namini Wijedasa, Kumi Samuels, David Blacker, Rohan Ponniah and Tissa Jayatilaka |
9.30am - 11.00am |
029 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Main Event |
An Englishman Abroad with Arthur C Clarke, Mark Tully, William Dalrymple & Nury Vittachi |
11.15am - 12.30pm |
030 |
USD10.00 |
SOLD OUT |
|
Feature Event |
Literary Lunch – Your last chance to mix & mingle with authors |
1.00pm - 3.00pm |
031 |
USD30.00 |
SOLD OUT |
