Meeting men, women behind words of fiction

“Writers on Stage”, presented by the Alliance Française de Colombo, in collaboration with the Embassy of France, will give readers an opportunity to meet eight writers in what promises to be a unique evening of literature on October 19 at 6 p.m. The writers will present one of their works and some extracts will be read in Sinhala, Tamil, English and French.

This is one of the events that is part of the traditional “Lire on Fête” celebration, which started in France and now takes place in many countries. In Colombo, the Alliance Française will organise a book fair from October 18 to 20 and also have a French-speaking evening of literature on Thursday 18 at 6.30 p.m. with five presentations of books and a reading competition for students.

Among the writers will be Yasmine Goneratne, Brandon Ingram, Dominic Jeeva, Soma Jayakody and Kamal Perera. More could join them. Those interested are requested to reserve their seats. For further information contact the Alliance Française de Colombo on 269467 or 2694162.