Writing ‘The Governor’s Lover’

Writing ‘The Governor’s Lover’

5 December 2022Musings

Let me share the story of how this book came about. Ever since my childhood days in Colombo, I was fascinated by the story of Major-General Sir Thomas Maitland, the British Army General who had fallen in love with a local woman named Lovinia Aponsuwa. She was the half-Sinhalese, half-Portuguese lead dancer of her father’s … Read More

How to Publish a book in 2022

How to Publish a book in 2022

21 April 2022Musings

So you’ve finally finished writing your book— you poured your heart and soul into the writing and spent countless hours editing and revising. Perhaps it’s been a lifelong dream—and now you want to get it published. What do you do next? Maybe you’ve done your homework on the do’s and don’ts of publishing a book, … Read More

Book review

Book review

21 February 2021Musings, News

No Comment, and don’t quote me on that. Book review by author Roderic Grigson It takes years to write a good book and in this insightful memoir, Thalif Deen, a former UN Bureau Chief and Regional Director at Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency, recounts colourful and amusing stories from his 40-year career, ‘reporting from … Read More

Sri Lankan roots and real life

Sri Lankan roots and real life

20 December 2017Musings

Much of what I write about in my books is based on real events both in and outside of Sri Lanka. Although the stories may be fiction, many of the settings and what the main characters experience are taken from actual fact.