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Kshanika Argent interviews Sam Perera of Ph Books
Running a publishing house is no easy task; a flood of manuscripts and eager would-be authors, desperate to get their books on the shelf can be overwhelming to say the least. But for Sam Perera and Ameena Hussien it’s all in a day’s work. The duo run PH Publishers and… Read More »Kshanika Argent interviews Sam Perera of Ph Books
Brandon Ingram launches his second novel
On the 25th of June 2009, Brandon Ingram launched his second novel, Living their Lie, at the Barefoot Cafe. Well attended by friends and family, the launch was a very pleasant evening event. The book is available locally at all bookshops and it is also sold on the Perera Hussein… Read More »Brandon Ingram launches his second novel
Michael Meyler’s review of Learning to Fly
Being, and feeling, double the age of the author, I wonder if I’m qualified to review this book. Novels weren’t like this in my day. Where’s the plot? Where’s the character development? Where are the descriptive passages? At least it has chapters – eight of them, but all sub-divided into… Read More »Michael Meyler’s review of Learning to Fly
Sex and other stuff
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Perera Hussein Publishing House, – ANTHOLOGY OF SRI LANKAN EROTICA What’s your fantasy? In the footsteps of Allen Ginsberg, Ovid, Arthur Rimbaud, Anne Sexton, D.H. Lawrence and many others, we invite you to set your fantasies and perhaps even your real life experiences to paper. In… Read More »Sex and other stuff
Ameena Husseins’s The Moon in the Water reviewed by Jill McDonald
Ameena Hussein’s stunning debut novel The Moon in the Water carries as its epigraph the words of Jalaludeen Rumi: “Look for the Moon in the Sky, not in the Water!” In this exhortation is captured the paradox of the search for identity: although singular to each of us, it is… Read More »Ameena Husseins’s The Moon in the Water reviewed by Jill McDonald
2009 Man Asia Literary Prize
If you are a Sri Lankan writer with a finished manuscript you should send it to the Man Asia Literary Prize which opened entries for submission on the 19th of January and closing date is the 31st of March 2009. It awards US$10,000 dollar to the winning manuscript. The manuscripts… Read More »2009 Man Asia Literary Prize