Mahvash K Moht’s beautifully illustrated children’s books – ‘Curious Animals’ and ‘More Curious Animals’ are part of a series and are a collection of short, rhyming tales about absurd, funny, quirky creatures that live in our world.   Mahvash talks about how...

When you read the opening lines of AA Moses’ first fantasy novel ‘Jamie’s Magical Adventures in Floffinville’ it is instantaneously relatable. It tells us of a young girl who is having ‘one of those days’, days like every one of us have, where nothing seems to go the...

Shyamalee Mahibalan is an educator, dabbled in freelance journalism and worked in the advertising industry – but she has always been a poet, through and through. Her book, ‘Fluid Like Water’, makes the reader see the subject Shyamalee is writing about in a new way....

Children across the world, including our island nation, Sri Lanka, have probably had it the worst in recent years. With the outbreak of the pandemic, which brought on the prolonged cancellation of schools, social distancing, mask-wearing, staying at home, online...

Historical fiction panders to the readers that have a weakness for time-travel, and ‘The Book of Epochs’ certainly satisfies by adding on layers of mystery, murder and intrigue. Dianne Fernando is a young author who has a knack for writing historical fiction that is...

“Crystal’s Tale” which was published and released earlier this year (2022) takes its place amidst the many wonderful children’s books on the shelf. But this is a novel with a difference… “Crystal’s Tale” is a children’s horror novel written by a brilliant author,...

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...