Galle International Literary Festival was started with a large gathering of international and local authors, dramatists, poets, historians and architects.
This Gall Fort based festival will be a five day program with discussions, topical debates on climate change and feature cultural and educational events including films, dramas, and architectural tours, workshops on creative writing, literary lunches and photo exhibitions.

This will be a great event that can be used to measure the attitude of foreign community about
Sri Lanka.