Teardrop 19th December 2025
As a girl, Jazz Barthelot knew that a gecko falling on your right side foretold a sudden death. But what place do aunties’ tales have in the rapidly modernising island of Ceylon, and how to navigate the shifting sands...
Blogs in December 2025
The Professional 7th October 2025
It is a universally acknowledged truth that an immigrant in England must in want of a visa. In 1980s London, young Sri Lankan Chamath, recently down from Oxford with a degree in Maths, struggles to reconcile himself to the...
The Lost Uncle and the Elixir of Life 1st May 2025
When they stumble across a one-hundred-year-old journal detailing the disappearance of their Uncle Cecil, the Baldwin family set off for Sri Lanka in search of the truth. Had he gone in search of the butterfly flower with its magical...
The Star of Ceylon 19th April 2025
Ceylon, 1906: Stella Polegate steps off the ship in Colombo harbour, her heart beating with contradictory emotions. As her father’s unofficial research assistant, she’s thrilled to explore this island of ancient temples and verdant tea plantations—yet painfully aware that...
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