BOOK EXCERPT A new book tells the story of Sri Lanka with myths and folklore about demon-king Ravana An excerpt from ‘Ravana’s Lanka: The Landscape of a Lost Kingdom’, by ...

Shehan Karunatilaka says it helps to hide behind characters who are at the extremes. Credit: Getty That said, he’s never spotted an apparition. “According to Sri Lankan folklore you can either ...

Veteran folklorist, lyricist, and scholar Dr. Rohana Beddage launched his latest book, Sinhala PiruluKoshaya, on June 14 at the SunethradeviPirivena, Pepiliyana. This encyclopedia of Sri Lankan pirulu ...

Their books display inventiveness in form and explore a variety of themes drawing from Buddhist mythology, Sri Lanka’s socio-political history, its civil war and more.

These authors draw on Sri Lankan folklore, Chinese martial arts, and more to build new worlds. The second volume in Chu’s War Arts Saga follows Jian, the not-the-chosen-one-after-all hero from ...

Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won this year’s £50,000 prize for a metaphysical thriller about the horrors of civil war. It’s easy to see why the judges liked it, writes Martin ...

But this is not the same book. As he edited and revised the text for a wider audience unfamiliar with Sri Lankan politics, mythology and folklore, the edits turned to rewrites.

The Deputy Director of the National Library Board thanked the High Commissioner and the National Library and Documentation Services of Sri Lanka for the handover of the book consignment. Minister of ...