Creative Writing Workshop by Nayomi Munaweera

The Department of English hosted a creative writing workshop by Nayomi Munaweera, author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors (2012) which was awarded the Commonwealth regional prize for Asia on 12th December 2014. The workshop was open for both undergraduate and graduate students of the University of Colombo.

“At university, we pay attention primarily to academic writing. A creative writing workshop in this context comes as a breath of fresh air. Nayomi was a pleasant surprise as she spoke with ease, engaging readily with us. I’d never paid much attention to writing creatively although I enjoy reading fiction. The workshop gave me a boost of confidence I terribly needed” – Stephanie

“The workshop was good. Nayomi was very friendly and enthusiastic about the whole thing which loosened things up. I think it was a great way to spice up the semester and learn something new too!” – Praveen

“It was really effective, useful and a new experience for us as we haven’t taken any classes in creative writing before. Even though it was just for two hours, it inspired me to write and she actually convinced us that anyone can write and that everyone has the potential to be creative.”– Nipunie

“The creative writing workshop was interesting because we had to move away from being critics to actually producing a creative piece. Writing with the prompts was also quite fun, because it showed how many diverse ideas can be contained within one simple sentence” – Piumi