Oshanthaka's debut poetry collection weaves the personal and the political, and is rooted in memory, (un)belonging, desire, and resistance.

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Oshanthaka Cabraal is a Sri Lankan poet and writer of short prose, and a teacher by profession based in Berkshire, England. He co-founded the literary magazine Write in 2016 and took part in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, Between the Lines, in 2020. 

His debut poetry collection, Reading Palms (The Jam Fruit Tree, 2025), was longlisted for the Gratiaen Prize. He was also shortlisted for the Hammond House International Literary Prize in both poetry and prose. His work appears in Primrose Road Poetry, Third Space, Perera-Hussein Publishing House, Fulcrum Bombay, and Tangerine Press. 

Oshanthaka’s writing explores identity, culture, memory and (un)belonging, tracing how personal histories and shifting landscapes shape the self. He is also a travel enthusiast; his current work investigates history and space through intimate narratives.

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Sri Lanka - National Library, Lakmahal Community Library, University of Kelaniya (Department of English), S. Thomas' College (Mount Lavinia), Stafford International School (Colombo)

England - British Library, Eton College

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Reading Palms is available at the following bookstores in England: 
Gay's the Word (WC1N 1AB) 
Word on the Water - The London Bookbarge (N1C 4LW)
The Book Warehouse (NW11 8LL)
Funny Weather Books and Coffee (NW5 1PL) 
Pages of Hackney (E5 0RN)
Morocco Bound, Bermondsey (SE1 3HB)
The Common Press, Shoreditch (E2 6DG)

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Reading Palms is available at the following bookstores in Sri Lanka: 
The Jam Fruit Tree 
Sarasavi 
Expographic
Jump Books

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Reading Palms

Oshanthaka's debut poetry collection weaves the personal and the political, and is rooted in memory, (un)belonging, desire, and resistance.

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