Catch the last day of the Ceylon Lit Fest
View(s):The HSBC Ceylon Literary and Arts Festival or ‘Festival on Beira’ as this edition has been dubbed opened on Friday and has Colombo milling not just with books and the arts but a scintillating mix of “something for everyone” – whatever intellectual wavelength you are on.
There were on Friday and yesterday engrossing conversations and discussions on rugby to scandal at the Moghul court; French travel writing on Ceylon to British theatre; how Homer is relevant to us today to the author whose books gave rise to the much talked about Bridgerton TV series ….
Colourful ceremony Kandyan dancers at the opening of CLF 2026
The Imperial Court of the Cinnamon Lakeside had never packed such a punch – the conversations are passionate and the intellectual takeaway delicious and exciting.
There’s also the arts festival and the children’s fest to make a beeline to…
If you feel like expanding your horizons and getting ignited by buzzing ideas, head now to the Cinnamon Lakeside to catch the last day of the HSBC Ceylon Literary Festival…
For the full programme and more information, please see:
ceylonliteraryfestival.com
Members of the audience
The exhibition ‘The Resilient Isle’
A peek at Friday morning Shyam Selvadurai in conversation with Karissa Chen
Sukanya Wignaraja with Arundathy Subramaniam.
Seneka Abeyratne and Eshan Goonesekera
Ciara Mandulee Mendis, Rochana Jayasinghe and Savin Edirisinghe. Pix by Akila Jayawardena
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