Category: bi
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Sculpture at Sky Gallery
1. Not a Child’s. A Soldier’s Cement (life-size combat boot) 25 x 11 x 29 cm 2. Remains. A Skull Fiberglass (life-size skull) 20 x 14 x 19 cm 3. Never meant to be. Found. Dolomite, cement, plaster of Paris (life-size skulls); unfired clay (half-size skull, crumbling) 60 x 37 x 37 I have always…
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Sinhala Story Wins at Himal Fiction Fest 2026
Gaya Nagahawatta’s translation titled ‘The Scintillating Darkness Sighted by the Aged Blacksmith’ of the award-winning Sinhala short story by Piyal Kariyawasam was selected as a winner at the Himal Fiction Fest 2026. This is the title story of Kariyawasam’s multiple award-winning third short story collection, Aachariseeya dutu didulana andakaraya published by Godage Publishers in 2008.…
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Contemporary Sri Lankan works in Pakistani Languages
Explore ‘Avaaz’ for an exclusive edition of contemporary Sri Lankan literature in Sinhala and Tamil, translated into Pakistani languages. Titled Island Tongues: The Coexisting Literary Voices of Sri Lanka, this brings together five poems by Packiyanathan Ahilan, Eric Illayappaarachchi, Nillanthan, A. Sankari (Sitralega Maunaguru), and Ajith Thilakasena, as well as a short story by Piyal…
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Piyal’s New Stories
Piyal’s latest short story collection ‘Silver Night Black Leopard’, now available at Sarasavi Publishers.
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‘Thirty-Two’ is a necessary watch.
A frame from Visakesa’s film, ‘Thirty-Two’