Event spotlight

Date and time : Monday, January 24, 1pm – 3pm Lakmahal Community Library

Location : Event : Screening and live reading: The Strange Library

Book lovers across two reading rooms in Colombo and Lahore engage in the dialogic act of reading together. The event features a walkthrough of weird fiction, poetry and literary history.

Date and time : Friday, January 28,

3pm – 5 pm

Location : Colombo Public Library and

Rio Complex

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Guided tour: Fridays with curators The curators present a walk-through of the exhibition chapters at two locations. Date and time : Saturday, January 29,

10am – 1pm

Location : Lakmahal Community Library

Event : Workshop: Read the Reading Room

A zine-making workshop by The Packet, an artist collective. Participants will get a change to make their own handmade zines and engage with the artists from The Packet. Advance registration required.

Date and time : January 29 & 30 ,

10.30am – 12pm Location : Colombo Public Library,

Korea Corner (2nd floor)

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Workshop: Beading creatures with Sabeen Omar (age group: 14 years and above)

Young adults will be led through an interactive workshop involving the making of real and make-believe creatures composed from beads and a reflection on the history of beads.

Date and time : January 21 – 30,

1.30 pm – 4pm (daily) Location : Colombo Public Library, Korea Corner(2nd floor)

Event : Workshop: The Lookbook (age group: 14 years and above)

Led by Fabienne Francotte, the workshop explores drawing as a method to articulate collective experiences and emotions.

Date and time : January 21 – 30 ,

4 – 6 pm (daily)

Location : Lak Café, Viharamahadevi Park Event :

Conversations, readings and performances: The Hearing Voices Café

The Hearing Voices Café, a project by Dora Garcia, held in different parts of the world, will be realized in Sri Lanka for the first time. The project is in collaboration with Jayampathi Guruge and several guest artists and writers.