Maleesha Gunasekera has always loved writing and creating worlds to showcase emotions that people would often be afraid to show. She also used to secretly write fanfiction during the Science period at school. However, Maleesha discovered poetry when she started...

Alan de Costa was born, raised and schooled in Colombo, and left for medical school when he was twenty years old. His parents were both very involved with books and literature – his mother being a writer herself and his father having inherited a large number of books...

To Vindya Jayamaha, adventure and fantasy were genres she had always enjoyed. It was these memories that inspired her to finally write a story of her own. While she believes in the necessity of explaining the authentic world and theories, her writer self finds it...

“Music has always been a big part of my life. I started learning the piano when I was four, but even before that, music and teaching were constants in our home.” Tehani Tissera’s journey as both a musician and a writer is deeply intertwined. She explains how, ever...

Angela Gnaniah’s writing journey started when she was very young. She had a vivid imagination, and even though she was a rather quiet kid, she remembered always managing to get other children together for anything. She was always a reader, and books were always part...

Both academically and professionally, Manilka Fernando has been a logically inclined person, and has been writing articles and other professional content for magazines while he was working both locally and abroad. But most of them were relatively short articles on...

Buddy was no ordinary dog, and his devoted owner, Shiranthi Perera, can name countless people who would gladly testify to that. Her main objective, therefore, was to tell the world that there are dogs like Buddy who would heal you. Every single story that she had...

Though her career has been in IT project management, Ranmali Kirinde has always been immersed in stories and the arts. A passionate photographer and lifelong reader, she now adds “children’s author” to her path with the publication of her debut book, “Keyaan Goes to...

‘I feel I have finally arrived at the right port after many detours. It’s impossible not to write for me.  Most of my tales derive from my fascination with in-between places,’ said Gayani Jayathilake. Gayani’s writing journey stems from a deep love for reading since...

According to the young poet, Rasara T. Siyara, the idea of writing a poetry collection came out of nowhere. She was simply doing her studies, and having done both OL and AL Literature, she has been loving the subject for a while. ‘The inspiration to write this...

Born into a middle-class family that benefited from the free education system of Sri Lanka, Don Asela Jayasekera grew up in an environment where literature in both Sinhala and English was within his reach, and this sense of gratitude, among many other things, runs...

When Sajla Anees was in school and in college, she primarily wrote poetry and wasn't inclined towards lengthy content. However, she remembers the Syrian war taking place and feeling deeply bothered by the pain surrounding it. This troubled feeling later transformed...