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Media coverage of Prashani Rambukwella’s Gratiaen-winning Mythil’s Secret

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Pictured: Prashani Rambukwella
Source: The Sunday Times
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Prashani Rambukwella’s children novel Mythil’s Secret was awarded the Gratiaen Prize 2009 at an award ceremony on Saturday 8 May, 2010. After the event, Prashani and Mythil’s Secret have been receiving wide media attention. Read some of the articles below:
  • Daily Mirror: “After the ceremony, Mrs. Rambukwella told the Daily Mirror she hopes her novel will help the book’s young readers “not to simply think somebody’s different looking at them, but to see beyond a person’s caste or race or outward identity.”” READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
  • Daily News: Prashani says, “Didn’t think that a children’s book could ever win the Gratiaen. Thank you very much to the judges. I hope this encourages more of us to write for our children.” READ THE FULL ARRTICLE HERE.
  • The Sunday Times: “Through multiple drafts, friends, family and publishers asked her the tough questions. “It may be a children’s book but you really need to take it seriously and I think we did do that,” she says.”” READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
  • The Sunday Leader: READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
  • Sunday Island Online: “”My grandmothers were hugely influential in getting me interested in the craft of story-telling. They would spend hours telling me stories from their past and reading to me. When I like a story I have this habit of imagining myself…” READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
  • The Nation: “Respect for Children’s Intelligence” READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.

Cha had the opportunity to publish an excerpt from Prashani’s Mythil’s Secret in Issue #8 of the journal. Read it here. A review of the book is forthcoming in the May/June 2010 Issue of Cha as well.

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Prashani Rambukwella wins the Gratiaen Prize 2009

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We are very delighted to announce that Cha contributor and our friend Prashani Rambukwella (pictured above), author of Mythil’s Secret, was awarded The Gratiaen Prize for Creative Writing in English (2009) on Saturday 8th May, 2010 at a ceremony in Sri Lanka.

In her speech, Prashani says, “Didn’t think that a children’s book could ever win the Gratiaen. Thank you very much to the judges. I hope this encourages more of us to write for our children. I’ll tell you what I found most surprising about writing a book. When I started eight years ago on Mythil’s Secret I thought writing a book and getting it published would be a solitary journey. But I was so wrong. First of all the reading you do as a child and the influences of your childhood really play a huge role, at least it did for me and you will see those influences in Mythil’s Secrets.” (qtd. from Sri Lanka’s Daily Mail)

The Gratiaen Prize was instituted by Michael Ondaatje, a joint-winner of the Booker Prize in 1992 for his novel The English Patient. The award is given annually to the best work of literary writing in English by a resident Sri Lankan. This year, the judges are Vijita Fernando, Asoka de Zoysa and Rohan Ponniah.

Cha had the opportunity to publish an excerpt from Prashani’s Mythil’s Secret in Issue #8 of the journal. Read it here. A review of the book is forthcoming in the May/June 2010 Issue of Cha as well.

Congratulations, Prashani! We are very happy for you!
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Prashani Rambukwella shortlisted for The Gratiaen Prize 2009

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Many congratulations to Cha contributor and our friend Prashani Rambukwella, whose book Mythil’s Secret is shortlisted for The Gratiaen Prize for Creative Writing in English (2009). The Gratiaen Prize was instituted by Michael Ondaatje, a joint-winner of the Booker Prize in 1992 for his novel The English Patient. The award is given annually to the best work of literary writing in English by a resident Sri Lankan.

Cha had the opportunity to publish an excerpt from Prashani’s Mythil’s Secret in Issue #8 of the journal. Read it here. A review of the book is forthcoming in Cha as well.

Congratulations, Prashani, and good luck!

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Prashani Rambukwella’s Mythil’s Secret


Mythil is bored at Archchi’s big old house in the village. Then suddenly weird things begin to happen in the jungle behind her house. But will anyone believe his stories? Will he be able to outwit an unknown and mysterious enemy on his own?

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An excerpt from Prashani Rambukwella’s Mythil’s Secret has been published in issue #8 of Cha.