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Louise Doughty is a novelist, playwright and critic. She is the author of five novels; Crazy Paving, Dance with Me, Honey-Dew, Fires in the Dark and Stone Cradle, and one work of non-fiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her highly popular newspaper column of the same name, which includes tips and exercises that help one build raw material for one’s own book. She has also written five plays for radio. She has worked widely as a critic and broadcaster in the UK, where she lives, and was a judge for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. In April 2009, in celebration of the 5th anniversary of British Council’s Writeclique writer’s programme, Louise Doughty came to Sri Lanka, where she ran a 3 day master class on Creative Writing, and continued to work closely with the participants on their work for a period of three months. She currently runs the Creative Writing Programme at the Faber Academy.

http://www.louisedoughty.com/ - Louise Doughty's website.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3663797/A-writers-year.html - Louise Doughty writes in The Telegraph about what makes writers tick, drawing inspiration from a novel by another Festival participant, Michael Frayn.  

Louise Doughty is brought to the Galle Literary Festival by The British Council.

Louise Doughty will be featured at the following events:

Friday 29 January, 2.15 PM- 3.15 PM, Hall de Galle: Write it Yourself

Sunday 31 January, 11.15 AM- 12.15 PM, Maritime Museum: Travellers' Tales

Sunday 31 January, 12.30 PM- 2.00 PM: A Private Affair

Sunday 31 January, 3.30 PM- 4.30 PM, Hall de Galle: Endings

Please click on programme for more details about these events!