Ruth Dinushi Mohotti is a children’s author and the creator of Tippy Toe Readers social media platform and the Toybox Series of children’s books. Having recently launched the first two books in a series of children's books at the Sarasavi Bookshop at One Galle Face on...
What makes a good science fiction story? You need all the skills of a ‘regular’ writer – storytelling, characterisation, description, eloquence, pacing, structure, insight – but you must also get the science “right enough” to be believable. In Nanda Senanayake’s book,...
Mariha Sharon is a young Sri Lankan author whose first book is a fun and adventurous tale of a group of young children that attempt to solve a mystery that have even the adults stumped! Mariha was just twelve when she wrote her first book and she also happens to be an...
Dark Fantasy Fiction is not a common genre in Sri Lankan literature, which is why Dilshani Yasodhya’s contribution is so invaluable. Her first novel, ‘The Demon Within’ takes the reader on a journey that explores and discovers a hidden world; a world that exists...
Right off the bat, this anthology took me completely by surprise. Being an avid fan of the science fiction and horror genres, I was expecting new twists on zombie apocalypses and malevolent spirits lurking in dark corners. The Leaves of Eden Fall is anything but that!...
by Vanessa Mendis Life is not promised to anybody. They say that we come to earth with a date predetermined as to when we will leave it. But what we accomplish, how gently we tread while we are here, and what we leave behind is within our control. Death, loss, and...
By Dilshan Boange Among the new areas of fiction writing being explored by Sri Lankan writers, narratives that bring to light the ravages of war spreading through war zones like Syria certainly deserve attention. Sajla Anees is a Sri Lankan fiction writer whose debut...