“It started ages ago, a thousand centuries ago, but let’s skip all those yesterdays and begin last Tuesday. It is a day you wake up hungover and empty of thought, which is true of most days.”
Sri Lanka’s Booker Prize winning author Shehan Karunatilaka will be at an evening book soirée hosted by Cinnamon Red Colombo on Sunday, December 18 from 4 p.m. at Flavoured on the 8th Level of the hotel.
Taking the audience on a trip through the journey into the afterlife of Maali Almeida will be veteran thespians Jerome De Silva and Tracy Holsinger, and Gratiaen Prize-winning author Ashok Ferrey. Savithri Rodrigo will moderate the discussion. Shehan will also autograph books which will be on sale courtesy of Sarasavi Bookshop.
The reading will be followed by cocktails and canapes at the rooftop bar Cloud Red.
For more information and to make reservations (limited seating at 5,000 LKR for reading and cocktails), please call Cinnamon Red Colombo on (0) 70 314 5176.
Photo Credit: Dominic Sansoni
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