AYUBOWAN
WELCOME
VANAKKAM
WELCOME TO THE CEYLON PRESS,
BASED AT KANDY'S FLAME TREE ESTATE;
AND SET UP TO TELL THE STORY OF SRI LANKA.
A small island surrounded by large oceans, Sri Lanka is a mystery to many: remote, hard to place; a well-kept secret.
The Ceylon Press aims to make its complicated story more accessible.
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Its serpentine history can be read in A History of Sri Lanka, or listened to as a podcast.
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The Companion to Sri Lanka makes visible more of the whole – from its arts, wildlife, & landmarks to its religions, food, & history.
The digital Museum of Sri Lanka aims to unite the island’s artefacts – scattered around the world into a single exhibition.
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Its downloadable eBooks and Audio Books – including the I Spy and Tiny Guide series - cover subjects from religion, belief, history, travel, nature, culture, to the arts, language, people, and place.
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Its podcast, Poetry from the Jungle presents the work of 80 poets to reset the world’s literary canon.
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And in case it all gets too serious, The Ceylon Press offers the off-grid Jungle Diaries blog, to read or as a Podcast.
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All these works are now in progress, added to weekly and available free on theceylonpress.com.
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New audio and eBook projects panned include a Dictionary of Sri Lankan Phrase & Fable, A History of Sri Lankan Places, Colouring Books, and a 50 book series of Very Short Introductions on everything from the country’s wild places to its favourite dishes.