Festival Speakers
Daniel Alphonsus
Nihal Arthanayake
Michael Attenborough CBE
Ravinder Bhogal
Ryan Chetiyawardana
Channa Daswatte
Saraid de Silva
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Saba Douglas-Hamilton
Jenny Erpenbeck
Dom Fernando
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera
Peter Frankopan
V V Ganeshananthan
Peter Godwin
Manori Gunawardena
Romesh Gunesekera
Radhika Hettirarachchi
Afua Hirsch
Michael Hofmann
Ameena Hussein
Saritha Irugalbandara
Jeyakantha Janu
Sunela Jayewardene
Ramya Jirasinghe
Susan Jung
Maduranga Kalugampitiya
Dr Naazima Kamardeen
Catherine Karnow
Lalith Karunatilaka
Adrien Krause
Simon Lister
Helen Macdonald
Ben Macintyre
Aanchal Malhotra
Rashmika Mandawala
Sharanya Manivannan
Tasha Marikkar
Louise Minchin
Greg Mosse
Kate Mosse CBE
Vidusha Nathavitharana
Dr Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Dr Eithne Nightingale
Andi Oliver
Miquita Oliver
Simon Parker
Devdutt Pattanaik
Johann Peiris
Sashi Perera
Shiromi Pinto
Aube Rey Lescure
Dr Adam Rutherford
Razeen Sally
Philippe Sands
Sathnam Sanghera
Shyam Selvadurai
Shyala Smith
Mylvaganam Thilakarajah
Nicholas Thomas
Shamji Vankar Vishram Valji
Justin Whyte
Pathum Wickramarathne
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
Hajra Williams
Festival Moderators
Amita Arudpragasam
Artika Bakshi
Kiran Dass
Dr Asoka de Zoysa
Anisha Dias Bandaranaike
Rahul Jacob
Georgina Godwin
Kalpanee Gunawardana
Tracy Holsinger
Azara Jaleel
Curtis Jobe
Mangala Karunaratne
Jill Macdonald
Ram Manikkalingam
Vikrom Mathur
Dilin Peiris
Frank Pope
Savithri Rodrigo
Selva Sandrapragas
Hen Tatham
Julia Wheeler
Anushka Wijesinha
Ghazaleh Zogheib
Artists
Gihan de Chickera
Ali Kazim
Johann Latiff
Tayeba Begum Lipi
Kesara Ratnavibhushana
French Cowboy
Kopalapillai Mathiskumar
Nishan Perera
Anoli Perera
Koralegedara Pushpakumara
Rajani Serasinghe
Anushka Wijesinha
Street of Colombo
Hosts
Mads Berg
The Ceylon Artisan Tea Association
The Crescent Ladies Welfare Association
Yasiru Epsa
Devni Jayakody
Nadeesha Paulis
Marguerite Richards
Sri Yoga Shala
Performers
The Chamber Music Society of Colombo
Lakshman Joseph-de Saram
Niro
The Sunera Foundation
Taniya Lewwanduwage
Children's Festival
Shanya Perera
Vehara Abeygunawardena
Clown Compass
Chris Devonshire
Irushi Tennekoon
Tehani Chitty
Tracy Jayasinghe
Shazad Synon