www.galleliteraryfestival.com

I haven't even described the half of it. Here is the list of participants from this year's festival, with links to a little more about them:

Alexander McCall Smith
Alexandra Pringle
Anne Ranasinghe
Ashok Ferrey
Barbara Sansoni
Brian Keenan
Carina Cooper
Carl Muller
Channa Dassanayaka
Channa Daswatte
Channa Wickremesekera
Chiki Sarkar
Deepika Shetty
Delon Weerasinghe
Dominic Sansoni
Elmo Jayawardena
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Gore Vidal
Hilali Noordeen
Indran Amirthanayagam
Indi Samarajiva
Indu Dharmasena
Iresha Dilhani
Ismeth Raheem
Jean Arasanayagam
Jeet Thayil
Jill Macdonald
John-James Ford
John Mateer
John Zubrzycki
Jon Halliday
Julian West
Jung Chang
Kamila Shamsie
Karen Roberts
Kim Kindersley
Kumar Sangakkara
Lal Medawattegedara
Lakmali Gunawardena
Laki Senanayake
Louise Dean
Manuka Wijesinghe
Marc Blanchet
Michael Meyler
Michael Roberts
Nazreen Sansoni
Neil Fernandopulle
Neloufer de Mel
Nury Vittachi
Peter Kuruvita
Punyakante Wijenaike
Rachel Bowden
Rama Mani
Rahul Bhattacharya
Rajiva Wijesinha
Rajpal de Silva
Randy Boyagoda
Ranil Senanayake
Ravana
Richard Boyle
Ronald Lewcock
Rory Spowers
Rukshan Jayawardene
Sam de Silva
Sam Perera
Sandra Fernando
Sandra Hoffmann
Sanjana Hattotuwa
Santhan Ayathurai
Sarah Scarborough
Sashi Mendis Decosta
Seneka Abeyratne
Sharmini Boyle
Shobhaa De
Shyam Selvadurai
Simon Prosser
Simon Winchester
Sophie Grigson
Sophie Hannah
Suman Sridhar
Sunila Galappatti
Susan Elderkin
Tim Severin
Tishani Doshi
Tom Isaacs
Tracy Holsinger
Vijita Fernando
Vikram Seth
Vikrom Mathur
Vivimarie VanderPoorten
William Dalrymple
Yasmine Gooneratne