On 1 December, I posted on this blog with an announcement that Thomia was at last available for advance purchase at a special...

It’s been a long, weary journey, and more than once I feared that neither I nor my book would make it – but here we are at last. I am...

My last post (‘ Delays, Disappointments & Decisions ’, 7 November) received a very heartening response: more than thirty people contacted...

I’ve been getting quotes from printers, and what I have learnt is this: I can’t afford to finance the cost of printing myself.

Following Robert Louis Stevenson: ‘nothing should be done in a hurry that can be done slowly.’

I was surprised and excited to hear, only a few days ago, that Thomia has made the Gratiaen Prize 2024 Longlist! I entered the manuscript...

as Thomians prepare to enjoy the Royal-Thomian and the spirit of fellowship that comes upon us at this season, we are forced to deal with th

Jennifer Paldano Goonewardane (A version of this article first appeared in Explore Sri Lanka, Nov 2023. ©2023, BT Options.) Thomia is a...

One of the most dramatic stories told in Thomia is that of STC’s struggle to maintain its independence in the face of an increasingly...

by David Sansoni OAM STC Mt Lavinia, Stone House, Class of 1971 Epic in its reach, poetic in its lyricism, Thomia is a work of both...

A snippet from Chapter 75 of Thomia. Originally posted on notesfromceylon.blogspot.com The 1979 Royal-Thomian may not actually have been...

A book is finished many times before it’s finished. I wrote ‘The End’ on the last page of the manuscript of Thomia just before Christmas...

Why, late in a long career as a writer, I have taken to publishing my own work I’ve been a lucky, lucky writer for most of my...