2011 Grataien Award winning book to be launched

Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake's Gratiaen Award winning novel There is Something I Have to Tell You will be launched at the Sri Lanka Foundation, Independence Square, on March 10 at 4 pm.

Also to be launched on that day are her A Strange Tale of Love shortlisted for the Gratiaen Award 2005 and the revised second editions of her short story collections Tales of Shades and Shadow (Gratiaen Shortlist 2001) and Driftwood (State Literary Award for the Best Collection of Short Stories in English, 1990).

The evening will be one in which writing is celebrated in readings and music.

Ashok Ferry, Ramya Jirasinghe and Neluka Silva will read from Madhubhashini's work while Kaushalya Fernando and her friends will bring in an element of drama to the written word.

The Chief Guest is Tissa Jayatilaka, Executive Director of the Sri Lanka - United States Fulbright Commission and the Guest of Honour, Professor Walter Perera, Chairperson of the Gratiaen Trust. The event is open to the public.