

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: When Ceylon Found Its Voice Newspapers, Journals & the Birth of the Press
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: � Public Lecture | Journal Launch

"When Ceylon Found Its Voice
Newspapers, Journals &amp; the Birth of the Press"

by Avishka Mario Senewiratne, Editor of the Ceylon Journal

and the Launch of the 4th issue of The Ceylon Journal

� Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 | � 5.00 PM
� SLMA Auditorium, Colombo 07

� Register:
� https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW_qcGsUGZpz8ffaSFIDxVEYcn6XEFYAf8InfCAFsxu7fbnA/viewform

� Inquiries:
+94 71 621 8247 (Shane), +94 76 428 1044 (Devishka)
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- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 41

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW_qcGsUGZpz8ffaSFIDxVEYcn6XEFYAf8InfCAFsxu7fbnA/viewform?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=colombo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Colombo
- **state**: CE
- **country**: Sri Lanka
- **location**: Sri Lanka Medical Association
- **lat**: 6.9159156020828
- **long**: 79.868667811067
- **full address**: Sri Lanka Medical Association, No.06,Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka., Colombo, Sri Lanka

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Ceylon Journal (https://allevents.in/org/the-ceylon-journal/27359315)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sri Lanka Medical Association, No.06,Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka., Colombo, Sri Lanka
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Ceylon Journal
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about When Ceylon Found Its Voice Newspapers, Journals & the Birth of the Press ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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