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Booker Prize 2023: The Bee Sting and Western Lane make short list

The novels that will compete for this year's Booker Prize have been revealed, with all six of the authors short-listed for the first time.

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Manusha launches "The Right Eye" tomorrow

Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara will launch his new book, "The Right Eye," tomorrow (24), at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo.

Galle Literary Festival returns in 2024 with star-studded line-up

Headliners: Anthony Horowitz • Sebastian Faulks • Shehan Karunatilaka • Christina Lamb • Alexander McCall Smith

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"Father for a Buddha” by Ajantha Seneviratne

"Father for a Buddha", the story of King Suddhodana, a novel authored by the renowned writer Ajantha Seneviratne, is to be launched on September 19 at 3.00 pm at the Indian Cultural Center with the presence of Indian High Commissioner.

'Kura Handeni Viyakena' wins Swarna Pustaka award

‘Kura Handeni Viyakena’ by Nobert Ayagamage has won the Swarna Pustaka award for the best Sinhala novel at the 16th awards presentation by Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association.

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'Girija’ by Manohari Jayalath wins best novel at Vidyodaya Literary Awards

‘Girija’ by Manohari Jayalath won the award for the best novel at the Vidyodaya Literary Awards 2023 yesterday (01).

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Nepal celebrates Pride but LGBTQ couples face marriage hurdles

Transgender woman Maya Gurung had hoped to march at Nepal's Pride parade Thursday with her legally recognised husband -- but a landmark ruling to give LGBTQ couples greater marriage rights appears stalled. (AFP)

Justice served 50 years later for killers of Chile's Victor Jara

The Chilean Supreme Court handed down convictions and sentences for those responsible for the heinous murder of leftist folk singer Victor Jara and others during the Pinochet dictatorship that gripped the country after a CIA-supported coup.