20 years of fostering and promoting Sri Lankan literary talent

Sam's Story at New York City Intl Film Fest. Sri Lankan-Canadian producer/director Priyankara Vittanachchi's film Sam's Story has been selected for screening at the New York City International Film Festival, while actor Jagath Chamila has been ...

Author Gordon Ferris picks five essential reads: "Be warned: read this book and be prepared to read the next 19!" 1. The King Must Die by Mary Renault Set in ancient Greece, it set my teenage mind on fire and established the hallmarks of all the ...

NEW YORK For the richest American family of their era, the goal was fittingly ambitious: "To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world." With that mission, underwritten by the vast wealth of John D. Rockefeller Sr., the Rockefeller ...

Lal Medawattegedera for his unpublished novel Playing Pillow Politics at MGK was awarded the on May 4 at Park Street Mews, Colombo. This year's winner emerged from a tight contest from a strong shortlist lineup which included poetry, prose and ...

Here at Maclean's, we appreciate the written word. And we appreciate you, the reader. We are always looking for ways to create a better user experience for you and wanted to try out a new functionality that provides you with a reading experience in ...

US President Barack Obama has promised to close the Guantanamo detention facility. (AAP) The Guantanamo Bay detention facility has become a source of embarrassment for the United States, but shutting it down will be far from simple for President ...

Chimpanzees do it. Birds do it. Rubberneckers do it. "Everybody is curious," declares Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, author of the best-seller Nobody's Perfect. "It's an instinct that is hard-wired. To explore or investigate our environment is ...

The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford I fell in love with Nancy Mitford's writing with this jaunty novel inspired by her life and eccentric aristocratic English family. Her writing is oh so charming, as are her characters, which she paints with a dry, ...

In 1955 a young Peter Sculthorpe hiked up Mount Ainslie and, awed by the panorama, traced a 360-degree graph of the horizon. From these chromatic contours he later fashioned a piece of music - entitled Irkanda I for Solo Violin - which was his first ...