First post of 2012! And the first festival of the year too. To Galle, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, for the 6th annual Galle Literary Festival. Leaving aside the beauty of the environment and the friendliness of the people this has been a wonderful festival to kick off the year.
I did 4 events here, one reading from The Absolutist at the Paddy Fields, one reading from Mutiny On The Bounty at Mama’s Rooftop Cafe, one discussing The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas at Hall de Galle and finally to the children’s programme for Noah Barleywater Runs Away.
4 days of sunshine, enthusiastic crowds and great writers – among them Tom Stoppard, DBC Pierre, Joanna Trollope, Richard Dawkins.
