Sarasavi
the bookshop
Proposal · April 2026

A redesign,
in five voices.

Sarasavi has been Sri Lanka's bookshop for thirty-one years. Here are five distinct directions for what its next decade online could feel like. Pick the one that sounds like you.

Vol. 31Issue 04 · April
Quiet
afternoons,
loud
imaginations.
Featured · Khaled Hosseini
01
Direction 01 · Literary · Warm

Editorial — Quiet afternoons, loud imaginations.

A serif-forward magazine voice. Warm paper tones, hand-set typography, and the rhythm of a thoughtfully curated bookshop floor.

Enter the editorial→
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Fiction
Non-Fic
Sinhala
Children
02
Direction 02 · Bold · Modern · Retail

Commerce — Read bolder, this month.

Architectural sans, saturated colour blocks, and the kinetic energy of a flagship retail experience. High density, high confidence.

Enter the commerce→
№ 04 · Autumn 2026
A bookshop,
fifty-seven
years running.
§ 01 · Editor's Pick — Shehan Karunatilaka
03
Direction 03 · Editorial · Ink · Gold

Editorial Library — A bookshop, fifty-seven years running.

An ink-blue editorial voice — like a beloved literary magazine printed in Colombo. Fraunces serifs, cream paper, thin gold rules.

Enter the editorial library→
s
sarasavi
Bestseller
Books for
the curious
mind.
Shop bestsellers
Fiction
Sinhala
Children
Academic
04
Direction 04 · Bento · Oklch · Contemporary

Modern Civic — Books for the curious mind.

A confident, civic-scale retail direction. Refreshed Sarasavi blue tuned via oklch, bento bento blocks, Space Grotesk type, amber accents.

Enter the modern civic→
Volume XXIII · 2026
Every
story
has its shelf.
අපේ පොත් සලකුණු ඔබගේ කතාවේ පරිච්ඡේදයකි
05
Direction 05 · Indigo · Terracotta · Sinhala

Heritage — Every story has its shelf.

Cormorant Garamond meets Noto Serif Sinhala. Deep indigo with terracotta accents — a cultural reading room that carries the island's literary memory.

Enter the heritage→