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Graeme Simsion

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January 2025

Fri 17

January 17 @ 2:50 pm - 3:35 pm

Grins in the Gloom

Colombo Public Library

Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist in conversation with Ashok Ferrey
How can humour unexpectedly surface in darker subjects like crime and mental health, adding a dash of spice to storytelling? A playful mixing of genres—Graeme with his delightful blend of humour and romance, and Anne with her gripping psychological thrillers.

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Sessions for 17th Jan Colombo Public Library
9:45 am - 10:25 am Stories We Live: Fiction Meets Reality10:30 am - 11:10 am Where Worlds Collide11:15 am - 11:55 am Legends in Lace and Steel12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Own Your Language12:50 pm - 1:30 pm Wild Encounters: A Journey into Nature’s Heart2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Spies, Lies, and Soufflés2:50 pm - 3.35 pm Grins in the Gloom3:40 pm - 4:20 pm Talk the Talk4:25 pm - 5:05 pm Gods and Gold: Myths that Moved Markets5:10 pm - 5:40 pm Louder Than Silence

Sessions for 18th Jan Colombo Public Library
9:45 am - 10:25 am The Beauty and Struggle of Reconciliation: Lessons from Sri Lanka10:30 am - 11:10 am People, Places, and Pilgrimages11:15 am - 12:00 pm Globetrotters' Tales12:05 pm - 12:45 pm Desperately Seeking Asia12:50 pm - 1:30 pm Lipstick, Laughs, Life in the Spotlight2:05 pm - 2:35 pm Hakuna Matata Pays the Electricity Bill2:40 pm - 3:25 pm Ink and Insight: Navigating the Writer’s Path3:30 pm - 4:10 pm Not All Heroes Wear Capes4:15 pm - 4:55 pm Eco-Echoes: History Through Nature's Lens5:00 pm - 5:40 pm Museums, Memory, and Storytelling5:45 pm - 6:25 pm Of Control and Obsession4:00 pm - 5:30 pm The Mirror and the Mask: Cinema and Theatre’s Hidden Truths

Sessions for 19th Jan Colombo Public Library
9:45 am - 10:30 am Islanded and Connected10:35 am - 11:15 am A Wednesday Every Decade11:20 am - 12:00 pm Diversity Reckoning12:05 pm - 12:50 pm From Frangipani Gardens to Battlegrounds12:55 pm - 1:35 pm Science Under Siege2:10 pm - 2:50 pm Many Loves, From the Greeks2:55 pm - 3:40 pm The Interplay of Politics and Trade: Insights into Sri Lanka’s Policies3:45 pm - 4:25 pm The Storyteller’s Palette4:30 pm - 5:10 pm Ghosts of Legacy5:15 pm - 5:55 pm A Suitable Recitation

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