Literary Lunch – Exotic Flavours with Christine Manfield	12.45pm – 2.00pm
Event Code: 004 Price: USD 50.00

Enjoy a delicious lunch presented by celebrated chef, author, food writer, food manufacturer, presenter, teacher and gastronomic traveller Christine Manfield, as she shares with you how her culinary work draws on the exotic spices and flavours of many cultures. Christine has published four award-winning books with Penguin Australia – Stir, Spice, Paramount Cooking and Paramount Desserts.  
Moderator: Janet de Neefe

Location: Lunuganga, Bentota

Literary Dinner with Suketu Mehta	8.00pm – 10.30pm
Event Code: 008 Price: USD 50.00

3-course dinner presented by Peter Kuruvita, one of Australia’s leading chefs & owner of Sydney’s award winning restaurant, Flying Fish.

Suketu Mehta's first book, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found won the Kiriyama Prize, and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Salman Rushdie called it “the best book yet written about that great, ruined metropolis.” Join the author as he shares his passion for this incredible city, and reveals the multiple personalities and secrets of this throbbing metropolis.
Moderator: Nury Vittachi

Location: The Fort Printers, Galle Fort

Literary Lunch – Victoria Glendinning & Yasmine Gooneratne	12.30pm – 2.00pm
Event Code: 012 Price: USD 50.00

3-course lunch presented by Janet de Neefe, owner of two of Bali’s most successful restaurants.
Distinguished biographer, critic, broadcaster and novelist, Victoria Glendinning, and Yasmine Gooneratne, biographer, academic and novelist, will share with us the pitfalls of writing biographies and the relationships that exist with the subject matter.

Janet de Neefe is the owner of two of Bali’s leading restaurants, Casa Luna & Indus and is founder of the Casa Luna Cooking school, recently listed amongst the World’s Best Cooking Schools by The Australian. She is also the author of a memoir, Fragrant Rice.

Location: Aditya, Galle

3-course dinner presented by London River Café chef & owner -  Rose Gray                 
Listen to the award winning William Dalrymple give a fascinating lecture & slide show on his book White Mughals, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.

Rose Gray is the chef of London’s enormously successful River Café. She is co-author of five best-selling cookery books. She is also co-host of a twelve-part cookery television series.

Literary Lunch - A Private Affair!	12.30pm – 2.00pm
Event Code: 020 Price: USD 50.00

Your chance to have an intimate lunch with an award winning author set in a selection of magnificent private historical Galle Fort homes. Arrange a group or come as an individual, as no more than 10 people get to dine with their favourite author.

‘A Moveable Feast’ – enjoy al fresco dining, wine-tasting & live music, moving between various locations around Samakanda.

Soak up the magical atmosphere of Samakanda, complemented with a gourmet lunch, fine Italian wine and music from all over the world as some of the festival's gastronomes - Rose Gray, Carina Cooper and Peter Kuruvita who will cook up a storm al fresco style, using the farm’s finest organic produce, wood-fired pizza ovens, salads and BBQ’s.

Pizza demonstration with Rose Gray at the wood-fired oven.
Freshly-picked Samakanda salads prepared by Carina Cooper.
Grilled meat & fish dishes by Peter Kuruvita at the barbeque.

Carina Cooper is a UK author of The Notting Hill Cook Book and Sri Lankan Peter Kuruvita is owner and executive chef of Sydney’s leading restaurant Flying Fish. Rose Gray is chef and owner of The River Café, London.

Location: Samakanda, Galle
Click here for a map of how to get to Samakanda

Meet the internationally-acclaimed actress and one of the world’s greatest authorities on Indian food as she shares spicy stories from her memoir, Climbing the Mango Tree, and takes you on a gastronomic journey over dinner as you enjoy a meal presented by Madhur Jaffrey.

Literary Lunch	1.00pm – 3.00pm
Event Code: 031 Price: USD 30.00

Your last chance to dine with the festival authors.
Mix & mingle as the authors and you get to discuss the topic of your choice in a grand finale closure to Sri Lanka’s First ever English Literature Festival.
Each table will consist of 10 guests plus 2 festival authors.