The Fairway Galle Literary Festival Team regrets to inform you that owing to unforseen circumstances, Sir Desmond de Silva is unable to participate in the FGLF 2018.

Second Announcement of Participants Attending the 2018 Fairway Galle Literary Festival.
The second announcement of invited participants in the 2018 Fairway Galle Literary Festival, include actresses, writers of fiction and of memoir, lawyers, diplomats, journalists, editors, performance poets, curators, architects, historians and economists.

A Look Back: Christina Lamb at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival
A look back at one of Britain’s leading foreign correspondents and a bestselling author, Christina Lamb, participant of the 2017 Fairway Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka.

A Look Back: Fiona Shaw at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival
A look back at actress and director Fiona Shaw, participant of the 2016 Fairway Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka.

Author Dinah Jefferies Will Not Be Attending the Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2017
Dinah Jefferies was suddenly taken ill on Wednesday January 4th evening. In her keen desire to attend the Festival, she held off canceling in the hopes her doctors would still permit her to travel because she really wanted to attend the Festival and also visit Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, by Thursday night, her doctors, after careful […]

The Fairway Galle Literary Festival Announces Some Exciting New Last Minute Additions …
With less than a week to go before opening night, the Fairway Galle Literary Festival is excited to announce some last minute additions to it”s programme … N. Ram, Chairman and Publisher of The Hindu group of newspapers will be giving a talk titled Free Speech Deficits which will be a reflection on the fraught […]

2017 Festival Reading List
Are you ready to meet your favorite authors at the 2017 Fairway Galle Literary Festival? Here is your reading list to get you ready …
Fairway Galle Literary Festival’s First Reveal for 2017.
Block your calendars … Your favourite Literary Festival is back! The Fairway Galle Literary Festival is proud to announce it’s first of many participant reveals for the 2017 festival … Colm Toibin Author of Brooklyn, adapted onto the big screen and in turn nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture … View Participant Profile Dame Margaret Drabble […]