Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian literary icon. His novels and poetry have earned international acclaim, and he was the first Canadian ever to win the Man Booker Prize — in 1992, for the wartime story ...

The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in ...

A total of 13 new scholars who have been awarded Visiting Research Fellowships to carry out research using its unique ...

English PEN has announced the PEN Translates awards winners for 2025, including the first-ever PEN Translates award for a ...

February 18, 2025, marks the 35th year since the abduction and brutal killing of journalist, teacher, poet, playwright, actor ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

Anthropologist Jason Hickel cites figures such as Sri Lankan philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy, Indian economist J.C. Kumarappa ...

In his new book Nalanda, breathtaking in its sweep and lyrical in its glory, the poet-diplomat Abhay K unearths with tender ...

Held in RK Narayan’s sleepy small town of Malgudi, the festival will feature some of the greatest writers ever – from William ...

Sit back, grab a hot cup of coffee, and find out how this warming, beautiful (and necessary) drink became so popular.

You have edited Yaraana, India’s first anthology of gay writing. What was the experience like? Hoshang Merchant: I will take ...

High Steaks has gone vegetarian – sitting at a restaurant opposite Brisbane Council’s one time “hippy-in-residence,’’ ...