Channa Wickremesekera: 5 books

“Allah shouldn’t have revealed so much to the Prophet. It only makes pious people like us suffer.” So muses Khalid Khan, a seventeen-year-old Afghan boy living in Melbourne. Khalid is like any other boy his age in Australia. He loves his footy and his mum’s cooking. He finds his dad’s...

The Sri Lankan security forces that defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) in 2009 evolved with that military conflict . Beginning as little more than ceremonial establishments of a few thousand men, they matured during the course of the conflict into large, effective fighting forces...

Shehan has a crush on Robbie, his classmate and friend. Robbie is straight and finds Shehan’s affections unsettling. But then, that is all he has going for him in his turbulent life. When they both realize it, it is already too late."A moving story about a boy’s navigation through the confusing...

"Allah shouldn’t have revealed so much to the Prophet. It only makes pious people like us suffer"So muses Khalid Khan, a seventeen year old Afghan boy living in Melbourne. Khalid is like any other boyof his age in Australia; he loves his footy, his mum’s cooking and takes every opportunity...

The complex and long-drawn war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended with the defeat of the Tigers in 2009. This book provides a military history of the conflict in tracing its evolution from a battle between a ragtag guerrilla force and a mainly ceremonial...