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Festival EditorialSome of the highlights of the Galle Literary Festivals
  • The Akward Age
    Roger McGough, appearing at the Galle Literary Festival 2011, is an award winning British poet who has published more than 50 books. Described as ‘the patron saint of poetry’ by Carol Ann Duffy
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  • Black or White
    Lawrence Hill, the award winning Canadian author who will be appearing in the 2011 Galle Literary Festival, is the child of an interracial marriage. His father Daniel Hill was black and his mother, Donna white. They met
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  • The new South African writer
    Damon Galgut, the twice booker prize short listed South African Author, will be appearing in the Galle Literary Festival 2011...
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  • New York, New York - Candace Bushnell
    Candace Bushnell, who will be appearing at the Galle Literary Festival 2011, is the internationally best-selling author of ‘Sex and the City’, which was later developed into the hit HBO series and blockbuster movies of the same name.
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  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Portraits of Nigeria
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who will be appearing at the Galle Literary Festival 2011, grew up in a house previously occupied by the internationally acclaimed Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe and she first read his novels at the age of ten...
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  • Sarah Dunant - The Ultimate Son-in-law
    Internationally bestselling author Sarah Dunant, who will appear at the Galle Literary Festival 2011, started her career writing thrillers on the side, while holding down various broadcast journalism jobs, as well as producing radio and TV documentaries...
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