Help and frequently asked questions

No. Most books are free to read straight away with no account. A free account lets you save books, keep your place across devices and add family profiles.

Use the arrow buttons under the book, swipe on a phone or tablet, or press the left and right arrow keys on a keyboard.

Yes. In the reader, press Big print for larger text and Night pages for a darker page. Longer books also have Search, to find a word, and Contents, to jump to a chapter.

Yes. Your place in each book is saved on your device automatically. Sign in to keep your place on your other devices too.

Press Listen and your phone, tablet or computer reads the page out loud using its own built-in voice. Voices differ between devices; if you hear nothing, check your volume and that your device has an English or Sinhala voice installed.

Yes. Every Jataka tale, the life of the Buddha and the Dhammapada have English and Sinhala versions. Use the English · සිංහල · Both buttons at the top of the story to choose, or show both languages together.

Update your browser or phone software, which adds the latest Sinhala fonts. If letters still look broken, email us the name of your device and browser and we will look into it.

Yes. We show no adverts and use no tracking cookies. Children's profiles can only be made by a parent or carer, and we never ask children for personal information. Each retold Buddhist story ends with a note for grown-ups saying what was changed from the original.

Each story shows a suggested age, mostly between 4 and 10. They work well as bedtime stories and for Sunday school (Daham pasala) lessons.

In the Kids area, children can collect stickers by reading, and make their own magic book with their name as the hero. These are saved on your device.

Most books are free today, including all Jataka tales, the Buddhist stories, the Sri Lankan history and the first chapters of our business books. Paid books and the Plus membership will open later, and the price will always be shown before you pay.

The Fablewings Business Library books are being released on Amazon Kindle and in paperback. Each book's page on Fablewings shows when it is available.

If something you paid for is faulty or not as described, we will fix it, replace it or refund you. You can cancel a purchase within 14 days if you have not started reading it. Read the full refunds policy.

Email us from the address on your account and we will help you get back in.

Open your profile menu and choose to delete your account. This removes your account, profiles and reading data. See our privacy policy.

Yes. Use Publish to add your book. You keep the copyright, receive 80% of each sale and 100% of tips, and get your own author page.

Thank you for telling us. Email [email protected] with the page address and what went wrong, and a screenshot if you can. We read every message.