Swimming Upstream: The Rise Of Sri Lankan Writing In NZ

Saraid de Silva’s bestselling Amma, longlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize, is one of a stream of successes for Sri Lankan New Zealand authors: romesh dissanayake launched a novel and a poetry collection in 2024, and Brannavan Gnanalingam launched The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat, following his Ockham-shortlisted Sodden Downstream and Ngaio Marsh winner Sprigs.
Author Dinithi Bowatte will ask what success means and how the writers got there.

You may also like the following events from Featherston Booktown:

• This Friday, 9th May, 06:00 pm, The Fish’n’chip Supper in Kahutara
• This Friday, 9th May, 08:00 pm, Late Night Lit - Ko au te taiao, ko te taiao ko au in Kahutara
• This Saturday, 10th May, 09:30 am, On The Couch: Matt And Sarah Brown in Kahutara

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