"…quite different from any other book festival I have ever been to. The perfect reconciliation of hedonism and bookish high-mindedness."

William Dalrymple

"An instant success, likely to become a coveted fixture on the international literary circuit."

Victoria Glendinning

"The much-awaited literary fiesta of the Sri Lankan cultural calendar which undoubtedly set the stage for the revival of English Literature in Sri Lanka."

The Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka