B. Karasinghe Arachchi has published several award-winning books in Sri Lanka. He has translated Oedipus of Sophocleous, He Iti Pounamu (selected stories from Pounamu Pounamu) by Witi Ihimaera, Odour of Chrysanthemum and other short stories by D. H. Lawrence into Sinhalese. He has also written a local version of a novel based on the play, The Harvest, by Manjula Padmanabhan.