Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Updates

    Amanda Jay’s The Other One is a Fairway Literary Award finalist!

    September 9, 2017 / No Comments

    Ok, first things first, who is Amanda Jay? Amanda Jay is a Sri Lankan writer – Amanda Jayatissa – who wrote a book titled The Other One. I edited it earlier this year and she decided to self publish it in both e-book and hard copy format. It’s not doing too badly sales wise. But yesterday she got the news that it was shortlisted for the Fairway Literary Awards in the English Language section. Guess who got shortlisted for the Fairway literary awards? One of my authors! @mandysillybob I’m very proud of you. I’m so excited. You better win so that we get two in a row! #srilankanauthors #srilankanliterature #theotherone…

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    June 3, 2016

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    January 19, 2013

    Editor’s notes for Formaldehyde are up!

    September 3, 2015
  • Maudiegirl and the von Bloss Kitchen by Carl Muller
    Book Reviews

    Maudiegirl and the von Bloss Kitchen by Carl Muller

    January 5, 2017 / No Comments

    The first author I read this year is not an Australian female writer but a Sri Lankan male one.  It was Carl Muller and his book Maudiegirl and the von Bloss Kitchen. I thought it would be prudent to try and read more POC authors this year as well as try to understand a bit more about my own English language literary background and read more Sri Lankan authors. Carl Muller can come across as crude. His stories about the Burghers (the mixed race descendants of European colonisers and native Sri Lankans) feature life in the raw as it was in what seems to be early 2oth century life in…

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    January 9, 2017

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    January 3, 2013
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    The best Australian books that 7 Australian writers loved in 2016

    January 2, 2017
  • Perth Diary Articles

    Perth Diary: 11/10/2009

    October 11, 2009 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes about what it means to be a member of the Media Entertaininment and Arts Alliance (the union for the media and publishing industries in Australia) for the 11th October 2009 edition of her weekly column Perth Diary. Perth Diary is published once a week in the Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunday Leader and is reproduced online in full for free at The Sunday Leader's website and Marisa's website at http://www.marisa.com.au where you can find her other work as a freelance writer, journalist and editor.

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    March 26, 2011

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    March 21, 2011
  • Projects

    26/04/2009 Perth Diary Column Is Online!

    April 27, 2009 / 2 Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes the Perth Diary articles for The Sunday Leader. This week's article is about the Australian government's concern with Sri Lankan refugees.

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    So who won the Australia Day Book Giveaway?

    January 30, 2013

    How to tell if you are a writer

    September 11, 2013

    The writing process, step by step

    April 27, 2011
  • Updates

    Relaunch of the lines magazine!

    April 19, 2009 / No Comments

    Hi, The magazine lines has been relaunched and now has a weblog as well. The magazine is run by Sri Lankans in the U.S. and discusses and analyses Sri Lankan politics. They do welcome contributions so if you have anything to say, send something in. The lines blog is moderated by S. Nanthikesan and Vasuki Nesiah.  In addition to comments and more informal interventions, we are also happy to host short essays, political satire, interviews, book and film reviews, art and theatre criticism, fiction, political cartoons and poetry.  In addition to posting entries online, if you want to email comments, suggestions and criticisms regarding any aspect of lines, you can contact…

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    Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop

    January 25, 2013

    2013's very odd resolution list

    January 4, 2013

    Why my brain has no space and why I have no time

    May 11, 2016
  • Projects

    List of Planet Sites To Submit Your RSS Feed To:

    March 19, 2009 / 1 Comment

    In this post, Marisa Wikramanayake lists all the "planets" (RSS feed aggregator sites) that she has found and discusses the benefits of submitting your website's RSS feed to the few that are relevant to your website's topic as a targeted marketing tool. Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor, based in Australia.

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    September 28, 2012

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    September 9, 2010

    New project: Guys Read Gals

    February 18, 2013
  • Projects

    Things You Need To Know About Being A Writer, Part 3:

    March 18, 2009 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan born, Australian based freelance writer and editor. She discusses rates, societies, unions, job boards, job sites, trade journals and having your website in the third part of her list of necessary information for writers. This and other information, published work, and her rates and services are available on her website.

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    November 20, 2014

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    September 9, 2010

    Pressure probe paves pathway for plant research

    March 16, 2011

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