Memories of hundreds of books he lost when his private library was burnt in 2022 must be at the back of his mind as President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited a book stall at the Galle Literary Festival yesterday. He is seen reading the back cover of a book that caught his attention. The print media sponsors of the well-known festival are the Sunday Times and other English-language publications of Wijeya Newspapers Limited. Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara