“We have always maintained this is not an industrial dispute, this is not about wage increases for psychiatrists but it is about how can we fully resource a mental health system that is rapidly collapsing before our eyes,” Gunaratne said.
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Wards in NSW’s largest psychiatric hospital close as mass resignations begin
Doctor calls situation ‘an absolute disaster’ for public mental health system and vulnerable patients
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“We have always maintained this is not an industrial dispute, this is not about wage increases for psychiatrists but it is about how can we fully resource a mental health system that is rapidly collapsing before our eyes,” Gunaratne said.
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Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
I’m Osteomyelitis, complicated by septicaemia, which caused liver failure.
Thank you very much Mr Lalljee and Dr Gunaratne for 50 extra years so far and counting.
I’m Osteomyelitis, complicated by septicaemia, which caused liver failure.
Thank you very much Mr Lalljee and Dr Gunaratne for 50 extra years so far and counting.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
I'm a cleft palette.
I'm a cleft palette.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Afternoon all, I'm the North Sea along Roker Beach
Afternoon all, I'm the North Sea along Roker Beach
August 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
I’m Osteomyelitis, complicated by septicaemia, which caused liver failure.
Thank you very much Mr Lalljee and Dr Gunaratne for 50 extra years so far and counting.
I’m Osteomyelitis, complicated by septicaemia, which caused liver failure.
Thank you very much Mr Lalljee and Dr Gunaratne for 50 extra years so far and counting.
pandemic/undiagnosed adhd really broke my reading routine, only just getting round to this.
It’s incredible. Beautiful prose. The interplaying polyrhythms of the dialogue and sentence structures are the first thing to make me feel “homesick” in a decade.
It’s incredible. Beautiful prose. The interplaying polyrhythms of the dialogue and sentence structures are the first thing to make me feel “homesick” in a decade.
March 30, 2024 at 4:39 PM
pandemic/undiagnosed adhd really broke my reading routine, only just getting round to this.
It’s incredible. Beautiful prose. The interplaying polyrhythms of the dialogue and sentence structures are the first thing to make me feel “homesick” in a decade.
It’s incredible. Beautiful prose. The interplaying polyrhythms of the dialogue and sentence structures are the first thing to make me feel “homesick” in a decade.
Career Advice | Why Grad Students Can’t Afford to Ignore AI
Dinuka Gunaratne offers a framework for thoughtful engagement. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/46qmkvD
Dinuka Gunaratne offers a framework for thoughtful engagement. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/46qmkvD
July 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Career Advice | Why Grad Students Can’t Afford to Ignore AI
Dinuka Gunaratne offers a framework for thoughtful engagement. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/46qmkvD
Dinuka Gunaratne offers a framework for thoughtful engagement. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/46qmkvD
Career Advice | Which Conflicts Matter?
Graduate students need more than communication skills. They need the discernment to know when to engage, when to listen and when to let something go. By Dinuka Gunaratne: https://bit.ly/4AJRtHf
Graduate students need more than communication skills. They need the discernment to know when to engage, when to listen and when to let something go. By Dinuka Gunaratne: https://bit.ly/4AJRtHf
October 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Career Advice | Which Conflicts Matter?
Graduate students need more than communication skills. They need the discernment to know when to engage, when to listen and when to let something go. By Dinuka Gunaratne: https://bit.ly/4AJRtHf
Graduate students need more than communication skills. They need the discernment to know when to engage, when to listen and when to let something go. By Dinuka Gunaratne: https://bit.ly/4AJRtHf
#London, coming up 28th October at Bard Books to mark the 1st year of the #JhalakReview & first of 10th year celebrations of the #JhalakPrize. With brilliant writers who are creating fearless, incredible, future shaping work. Come!!! It will be amazing: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
The Jhalak Review - launch Autumn 2025 | Bard Books
Author and Jhalak Review editor Guy Gunaratne leads an evening of celebration and interrogation into how the past illuminates the paths ahead.
www.wearebardbooks.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#London, coming up 28th October at Bard Books to mark the 1st year of the #JhalakReview & first of 10th year celebrations of the #JhalakPrize. With brilliant writers who are creating fearless, incredible, future shaping work. Come!!! It will be amazing: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
#CareerAdvice | Grad Students Must Focus on the 6 P’s
By focusing on purpose, priorities, purse, positioning, politics and people, you can develop a strategic approach to your work, advises Dinuka Gunaratne. #HigherEd #EDUSKy #AcademicSky bit.ly/3A0xrgs
By focusing on purpose, priorities, purse, positioning, politics and people, you can develop a strategic approach to your work, advises Dinuka Gunaratne. #HigherEd #EDUSKy #AcademicSky bit.ly/3A0xrgs
A framework for grad student success based on six elements (opinion)
By focusing on purpose, priorities, purse, positioning, politics and people, you can develop a strategic approach to your work, advises Dinuka Gunaratne.
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July 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
#CareerAdvice | Grad Students Must Focus on the 6 P’s
By focusing on purpose, priorities, purse, positioning, politics and people, you can develop a strategic approach to your work, advises Dinuka Gunaratne. #HigherEd #EDUSKy #AcademicSky bit.ly/3A0xrgs
By focusing on purpose, priorities, purse, positioning, politics and people, you can develop a strategic approach to your work, advises Dinuka Gunaratne. #HigherEd #EDUSKy #AcademicSky bit.ly/3A0xrgs
Vishmi Gunaratne brings up her second ODI hundred (107 balls faced).
#SLvPAK
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livestream
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#SLvPAK
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livestream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHX...
July 25, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Vishmi Gunaratne brings up her second ODI hundred (107 balls faced).
#SLvPAK
www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakis...
livestream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHX...
#SLvPAK
www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakis...
livestream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHX...
Gunaratne departs for 6 (9) lbw Bell, and Sri Lanka use up a review.
Sri Lanka 14/1 (2.1) need 206 off 107.
#ENGvSL #T20WorldCup
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Sri Lanka 14/1 (2.1) need 206 off 107.
#ENGvSL #T20WorldCup
icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...
England vs. Sri Lanka | ICC
icc-cricket.com
June 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Gunaratne departs for 6 (9) lbw Bell, and Sri Lanka use up a review.
Sri Lanka 14/1 (2.1) need 206 off 107.
#ENGvSL #T20WorldCup
icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...
Sri Lanka 14/1 (2.1) need 206 off 107.
#ENGvSL #T20WorldCup
icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...
Oh go on then...
1) Min Jin Lee - Pachinko
2) Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
3) Chetna Maroo - Western Lane
4) Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead
5) Guy Gunaratne - In Our Mad And Furious City
1) Min Jin Lee - Pachinko
2) Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
3) Chetna Maroo - Western Lane
4) Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead
5) Guy Gunaratne - In Our Mad And Furious City
December 24, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Oh go on then...
1) Min Jin Lee - Pachinko
2) Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
3) Chetna Maroo - Western Lane
4) Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead
5) Guy Gunaratne - In Our Mad And Furious City
1) Min Jin Lee - Pachinko
2) Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
3) Chetna Maroo - Western Lane
4) Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead
5) Guy Gunaratne - In Our Mad And Furious City
The emergence of Harshitha Samarawickrama, Imesha Dulani, Nilakshika Silva and Vishmi Gunaratne makes this Sri Lanka better rounded than the side that won the Asia Cup in 2024
It's still a queendom, but Sri Lanka are more than just Athapaththu now
The emergence of Harshitha Samarawickrama, Imesha Dulani, Nilakshika Silva and Vishmi Gunaratne makes this Sri Lanka better rounded than the champions of 2024
www.cricinfo.com
August 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The emergence of Harshitha Samarawickrama, Imesha Dulani, Nilakshika Silva and Vishmi Gunaratne makes this Sri Lanka better rounded than the side that won the Asia Cup in 2024
The Jhalak Review Spring 2026 issue marks 10 years of the #JhalakPrize and imagines the paths into the future. Join the editor Guy Gunaratne, me and some of the contributors to explore how literature can rise to challenges of our times and build a better future.
Link to book in reply
Link to book in reply
April 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The Jhalak Review Spring 2026 issue marks 10 years of the #JhalakPrize and imagines the paths into the future. Join the editor Guy Gunaratne, me and some of the contributors to explore how literature can rise to challenges of our times and build a better future.
Link to book in reply
Link to book in reply
Next 3 to read:
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
May 26, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Next 3 to read:
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Dulani becomes the first Sri Lankan batter not called Athapaththu to score a WT20i hundred. In the one day series, Gunaratne and Samarawickrama doubled the tally of WODI tons not by Athapaththu (even if Samarawickrama's was the streakiest hundred I've ever seen).
July 31, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Dulani becomes the first Sri Lankan batter not called Athapaththu to score a WT20i hundred. In the one day series, Gunaratne and Samarawickrama doubled the tally of WODI tons not by Athapaththu (even if Samarawickrama's was the streakiest hundred I've ever seen).
Hey for #WorldBookDay why not check out this playlist of authors I've interviewed? Many cool people are there like Joanne Harris, RF Kuang, Salena Godden, Musa Okwonga, Guy Gunaratne, Hollie McNish - it's a good way to discover new (to you) writers too:
on.soundcloud.com/eqTwT
on.soundcloud.com/eqTwT
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Interviews
All the interviews I've done for Death Of 1000 Cuts, with authors, poets, playwrights, comedians, editors, publicists, psychologists and neuroscientists.
Support the podcast here: www.ko-fi.com/timcl
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March 7, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Hey for #WorldBookDay why not check out this playlist of authors I've interviewed? Many cool people are there like Joanne Harris, RF Kuang, Salena Godden, Musa Okwonga, Guy Gunaratne, Hollie McNish - it's a good way to discover new (to you) writers too:
on.soundcloud.com/eqTwT
on.soundcloud.com/eqTwT
Library stack!
Liverpool Central Library is the best, so much choice ❤️📚
Liverpool Central Library is the best, so much choice ❤️📚
September 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Library stack!
Liverpool Central Library is the best, so much choice ❤️📚
Liverpool Central Library is the best, so much choice ❤️📚
Dreich day made infinitely better by spending my birthday book vouchers at Portobello Bookshop 🥰📚💫
October 8, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Dreich day made infinitely better by spending my birthday book vouchers at Portobello Bookshop 🥰📚💫
Friends! There’s just ONE MONTH to go until my novel Determination comes out in paperback. I’d be ever so grateful if you supported it by pre-ordering and also spreading the word. It’s a Jhalak Prize-nominated novel, don’t you know!
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Determination: Longlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prize a book by Tawseef Khan.
'A compassionate, beautifully told portrait' Guy Gunaratne 'Absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique' Tom Benn'A hymn to empathy, alive with care and love' Rebecca...
uk.bookshop.org
May 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Friends! There’s just ONE MONTH to go until my novel Determination comes out in paperback. I’d be ever so grateful if you supported it by pre-ordering and also spreading the word. It’s a Jhalak Prize-nominated novel, don’t you know!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dete...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dete...
I am so grateful to be working on this project with a dream team of scientists, including my advisor Beau, my co-sponsor @briantrainor.bsky.social, and my collaborators @tollkuhn.bsky.social, Preethi Gunaratne, and the UH Sequencing Core, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds! 🎉🥳
December 21, 2023 at 6:27 PM
I am so grateful to be working on this project with a dream team of scientists, including my advisor Beau, my co-sponsor @briantrainor.bsky.social, and my collaborators @tollkuhn.bsky.social, Preethi Gunaratne, and the UH Sequencing Core, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds! 🎉🥳
Rosemary Mair produced magic with the ball to dismiss Vishmi Gunaratne in NZ-W vs SL-W fixture.#CWC255 #SLvsNZ
Women’s World Cup 2025 [WATCH]: Rosemary Mair cleans up Vishmi Gunaratne with a peach of a delivery in SL-W vs NZ-W clash
Sri Lanka Women, batting first against New Zealand Women in the 15th match of the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, posted a competitive 175/2 in 39.1 overs, with crucial contributions from their top order. Captain…
womencricket.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Career Advice | We Know the Ph.D. Job Market Is Broken
Do we know what could help? We see room to act at multiple levels. By Dinuka Gunaratne and Roger Pizarro Milian: https://bit.ly/3Rb9M5Y
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Do we know what could help? We see room to act at multiple levels. By Dinuka Gunaratne and Roger Pizarro Milian: https://bit.ly/3Rb9M5Y
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
June 29, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Career Advice | We Know the Ph.D. Job Market Is Broken
Do we know what could help? We see room to act at multiple levels. By Dinuka Gunaratne and Roger Pizarro Milian: https://bit.ly/3Rb9M5Y
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Do we know what could help? We see room to act at multiple levels. By Dinuka Gunaratne and Roger Pizarro Milian: https://bit.ly/3Rb9M5Y
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Gunaratne 123, Samarawickrama 100* ace 274 chase for 1-1
Gunaratne 123, Samarawickrama 100* ace 274 chase for 1-1
SL-W vs PAK-W 2026, SL Women vs PAK Women Match Report: Pakistan's competitive total wasn't enough despite an unbeaten century from Sidra Amin
www.cricinfo.com
July 26, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Gunaratne 123, Samarawickrama 100* ace 274 chase for 1-1
Sri Lanka 275/2 (46.5) complete their third highest chase in the format and take the series to a decider.
Vishmi Gunaratne 123 (123)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 100* (119)
Fatima Sana 1-44
Nashra Sandhu 1-60
SL win by 8 wickets.
#SLvPAK
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Vishmi Gunaratne 123 (123)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 100* (119)
Fatima Sana 1-44
Nashra Sandhu 1-60
SL win by 8 wickets.
#SLvPAK
espncricinfo.com/series/pakis...
SL-W vs PAK-W Cricket Scorecard, 2nd ODI at Hambantota, July 25, 2026
Get cricket scorecard of 2nd ODI, SL-W vs PAK-W, Pakistan Women in Sri Lanka 2026 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota dated July 25, 2026.
espncricinfo.com
July 25, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Sri Lanka 275/2 (46.5) complete their third highest chase in the format and take the series to a decider.
Vishmi Gunaratne 123 (123)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 100* (119)
Fatima Sana 1-44
Nashra Sandhu 1-60
SL win by 8 wickets.
#SLvPAK
espncricinfo.com/series/pakis...
Vishmi Gunaratne 123 (123)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 100* (119)
Fatima Sana 1-44
Nashra Sandhu 1-60
SL win by 8 wickets.
#SLvPAK
espncricinfo.com/series/pakis...