Friday, January 13th 2017
Festival Box Office: 25, Leyn Bahn Street, Galle Fort
Festival Map: Download
Programme Summary: Download
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
EXCURSION: Channa Daswatte on Lunuganga: A Crucible of Architectural Experiment.
Departs from Amangalla Hotel inside the Galle Fort at 9 a.m. Includes lunch at Lunuganga.
- Participant: Channa Daswatte.
- Location: Lunuganga, Bentota.
- Duration: 5 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
IN CONVERSATION: Somini Sengupta on The End of Karma – Hope and Fury Among India’s Young.
- Participant: Somini Sengupta.
- Location: Hall de Galle, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
THINKING OUT LOUD: Kate Tempest on Let Them Eat Chaos.
- Participant: Kate Tempest
- Location: Fairway Pavilion, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
IN CONVERSATION: Katherine Boo on Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
- Participant: Katherine Boo
- Location: Maritime Museum, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF SRI LANKA SERIES: The Fairway National Literary Award English Shortlist.
Free Event.
- Participants: Shyam Dissanyake, Quintus G. Fernando, Theena Kumaragurunathan, Nanda Pethiyagoda.
- Location: Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: FREE.
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10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
COOKERY CLASS, FOLLOWED BY A SAMPLING OF PASTRIES: The Art of the Tart by Jason Licker.
- Participant: Chef Jason Licker.
- Location: Fort Bazaar Hotel & Spa, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
WORKSHOP: Alison Wearing on Memoir.
- Participant: Alison Wearing.
- Location: No 5 Middle Street, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
COOKERY CLASS, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH: The Fort Ladies on Galle Cuisine.
- Participant: The Fort Ladies.
- Location: 69 Lighthouse Street, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 4 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
IN CONVERSATION: Colm Tóibín on The Master and All a Novelist Needs.
- Participant: Colm Tóibín
- Location: Hall de Galle, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
IN CONVERSATION: Anjan Sundaram on Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship.
- Participant: Anjan Sundaram
- Location: Fairway Pavilion, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
IN CONVERSATION: Cathy Marie Buchanan on The Day the Falls Stood Still and The Painted Girls.
- Participant: Cathy Marie Buchanan
- Location: Maritime Museum, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
DUET: Anita Nair on Idris: Keeper of the Light and Ananth Padmanabhan on Play with Me.
Free Event.
- Participants: Anita Nair and Ananth Padmanabhan.
- Location: Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: FREE.
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12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCHTIME ILLUMINATIONS: Coexistence in Post-War Sri Lanka: Dealing with the Past.
Free Event.
- Location: Hall de Galle, Galle Fort
- Duration: 1:15 hrs.
- Access: FREE.
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
THE EDWARD LEAR PRIZE FOR POETRY AWARD CEREMONY
Limited FREE Booked Passes. Refreshments will be served.
- Location: Owl and the Pussycat, Talpe.
- Duration: 2:30 hrs.
- Access: FREE Booked Pass.
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
LITERARY LUNCH: Philippa Gregory on The Taming of the Queen.
- Participant: Philippa Gregory.
- Location: Galle Fort Hotel, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
LITERARY LUNCH: Katherine Boo and Fuchsia Dunlop on Exploring Other Worlds.
- Participants: Katherine Boo and Fuchsia Dunlop.
- Location: Amangalla Hotel, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
PRIVATE AFFAIR! Brigid Keenan.
- Participant: Brigid Keenan.
- Location: It’s Private … Shhh.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
PRIVATE AFFAIR! John Gimlette.
- Participant: John Gimlette.
- Location: It’s Private … Shhh.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
PRIVATE AFFAIR! Sara Wheeler and Alison Wearing.
- Participants: Sara Wheeler and Alison Wearing;
- Location: It’s Private … Shhh.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
THE DEEP READ: Lesley Hazleton on The First Muslim and Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto.
With an opening poetry reading by Afdhel Aziz.
- Participants: Lesley Hazleton and Afdhel Aziz.
- Location: Hall de Galle, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
FAIRWAY CELEBRATION OF SRI LANKA SERIES: The Fairway National Literary Award Tamil Shortlist.
FREE EVENT. In Tamil with simultaneous English translation.
- Participants: M. Sivalingam, J. Wahabdeen, N. Yohendranathan.
- Location: Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: FREE
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2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
IN CONVERSATION: Sunila Galappatti on A Long Watch: War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka.
- Participant: Sunila Galappatti.
- Location: Maritime Museum, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Sunjeev Sahota on The Art of Good Dialogue.
- Participant: Sunjeev Sahota.
- Location: Galle Fort Library, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
LIPTON TEA AND POETRY-POETRY READING: Luke Wright and Anita Nair.
With pastries by master pastry chef Jason Licker, and a selection of teas by Lipton.
- Participants: Luke Wright, Anita Nair, Chef Jason Licker.
- Location: Fort Bazaar Hotel & Spa.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
THINKING OUT LOUD: Afdhel Aziz on Good is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn.
- Participant: Afdhel Aziz.
- Location: Scout’s Headquarters, Galle Fort
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
POETRY PERFORMANCE: Michael Fehr Performs his Poetry.
Free Event.
- Participant: Michael Fehr.
- Location: Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: FREE.
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4:00 p.m – 5:00 p.m.
Thinking Out Loud: N. Ram on Free Speech Deficits – Reflections on the fraught state of freedom of expression in India and Sri Lanka.
Free Event.
- Participant: N. Ram
- Location: Maritime Museum, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: FREE
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4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
THE DEEP READ: Philippa Gregory on Three Sisters, Three Queens, The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen.
With an opening poetry reading by Jemima Foxtrot.
- Participants: Philippa Gregory, Jemima Foxtrot.
- Location: Hall de Galle, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1:30 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
THE FAIRWAY NATIONAL LITERARY AWARD CEREMONY.
Limited FREE Booked Passes.
- Location: Fairway Pavilion, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: FREE Booked Pass.
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6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
WINE TASTING.
Limited Tickets.
- Location: To Be Announced.
- Duration: 1 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
GIN MASTER CLASS: Geraldine Coates on Adventures in Gin
- Participant: Geraldine Coates.
- Location: The Sun House, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
SUNSET SERIES: Nayanjot Lahiri on The Emperor Ashoka.
- Participant: Nayanjot Lahiri.
- Location: Amangalla Hotel, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
SUNSET SERIES: Kristina Taylor on Women Garden Designers in History.
- Participant: Kristina Taylor.
- Location: No 5 Middle Street, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
THINKING OUT LOUD: Luke Wright on What I Learned from Johnny Bevan.
- Participant: Luke Wright.
- Location: Hall de Galle, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 1 hr.
- Access: Event Ticket / Festival Pass / Day Pass.
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8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
FESTIVAL PARTY AND BBQ: With Festival Authors & Music by Out of Time.
Limited Tickets.
- Participants: Festival Authors, Out of Time.
- Location: Talpe Beach Club, Galle.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
LITERARY DINNER: Colm Tóibín on A Guest at the Feast.
- Participant: Colm Tóibín.
- Location: The Fort Printers, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
LITERARY DINNER: KATE TEMPEST on Brand New Ancients.
- Participants: Kate Tempest.
- Location: Tamarind Hill, Galle.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
LITERARY DINNER: An Evening with John Gimlette & Christina Lamb.
- Participants: John Gimlette, Christina Lamb.
- Location: Fort Bazaar Hotel and Spa, Galle Fort.
- Duration: 2 hrs.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.
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9:30 p.m. Onwards.
MAYHEM PAST MIDNIGHT: Ramsay & Jemima Foxtrot.
- Participants: Ramsay and Jemima Foxtrot.
- Location: The Sun House, Galle Fort.
- Access: Event Ticket Only.