HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU MISSED IN 2009,
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BUY A 4 DAY FESTIVAL PASS!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Buy a 4 DAY PASS and have access to all the Festival’s exciting MAIN EVENTS! Please note that the 4 day pass does not grant you access to Tours, Workshops, Gourmet Events, Dead Men’s Tales or a Conversation about Conservation, for which tickets will have to be purchased separately.
Secret Gardens
Wednesday, January 28, 20099:30 am - 3:00 pm Meet at Serendib Hotel, Bentota.
David Robson and Dominic Sansoni, authors of Bawa: The Sri Lanka Gardens, lead you through the gardens designed by the brothers Bevis and Geoffrey Bawa at Lunuganga and Brief, treating you to their inside stories.
The tour includes lunch.
'Where I Escaped The Tyranny of the Typewriter'
Wednesday, January 28, 200910:30 am - 2:00 pm Buses leave from outside Amangalla at 10:30 am.
Festival Founder Geoffrey Dobbs conducts a tour of his home on Taprobane Island, and tells stories of its literary connections with the Count de Mauny, Paul Bowles, Robin Maugham, Arthur C. Clarke and Gore Vidal.
The tour includes lunch on Taprobane Island.
Opening of Galle Literary Festival 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 20095:30 pm - 6:30 pm Grounds of the Martin Wickramasinghe Museum, Koggala
At the birthplace of one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated writers we launch the Galle Literary Festival 2009. Tissa Abeysekera pays tribute to Martin Wickramasinghe and Romesh Gunesekera introduces exciting new voices in Sri Lankan English writing.
This is a Free Event.
BUY A DAY PASS FOR THURSDAY!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
A DAY PASS can be purchased for a specific day of the Festival. It will enable you to attend any MAIN EVENT on that particular day. This ticket does not grant you entrance to Tours, Workshops, Gourmet Events, Dead Men’s Tales or a Conversation about Conservation, for which tickets will have to be purchased separately.
Are We Still Explorers?
Thursday, January 29, 200910:00 am - 11:00 am Hall de Galle
Colin Thubron and Pico Iyer ask whether we still have an exploring spirit.
Family Secrets
Thursday, January 29, 200911:15 am - 12:15 am Hall de Galle
M.J. Akbar, author of Blood Brothers, and Ameena Hussein, author of The Moon in the Water, compare notes on writing about Muslim households.
Theatre Workshop
Thursday, January 29, 20092:00 pm - 5:00 pm Mercantile Seaman's Training Institute
Want to try it for yourself? Jake Oorloff leads a workshop for non-actors on how to tell a dramatic tale.
Writing Taboos
Thursday, January 29, 20092:15 pm - 3:15 pm Hall de Galle
Germaine Greer and Tarun Tejpal discuss sex, self-consciousness and censorship. Is there a line you don't cross?
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