The Latest Breaking News from Shankari Chandran

In this fractured and frightening world, one mantra my parents gave me calls me

All of us belong to different tribes that give us identity and meaning, but this lesson tells us we are more than our different tribes

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025

Unfinished Business by Shankari Chandran review – page-turning political thriller from Miles Franklin winner

The award-winning author has hit a more commercial note with this nuanced thriller about a CIA agent investigating the assassination of a journalist in Sri Lanka

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2025

Shankari Chandran, Robert Dessaix, Diana Reid and more: Australian books to look forward to in 2025

From enthralling debuts to playful premises and national reckonings, here is a whirlwind tour of what’s to come

The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2025

Shankari Chandran wins Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 for ‘Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens’

Ten years ago, Sri Lankan-origin Australian writer Shankari Chandran faced difficulty in getting her debut book published. The reason: publishers thought her novel wasn't "Australian" enough to be successful in their local market. And now, Chandran has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award for…

The Times of India · Jul 26, 2023

Shankari Chandran wins the Miles Franklin with a sophisticated take on racism, cultural erasure and what it means to belong

“Race and racial identity and what it means to be Australian and who gets to decide that … that has been a part of my life here, for my entire life …,” says Western Sydney author Shankari Chandran. “I’ve thought about it a lot but never had the courage to…

The Conversation · Jul 25, 2023

Shankari Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin award for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Set around a culture war in a nursing home, Chandran’s third novel has won Australia’s biggest literary prize – and yet, she says, she was almost too afraid to write it

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2023

Miles Franklin 2023: a guide to the shortlist of Australia’s biggest literary prize

Six authors are in the running for Australia’s most prestigious book award, which will be announced on Tuesday. Here’s your primer

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2023

Queer disobedience and uncomfortable truths: your guide to the 2023 Miles Franklin shortlist

This year’s Miles Franklin shortlist takes us from Sydney’s criminal underclass in the 1930s and the quiet waters of rural Tasmania in the 1940s to shopping for design objects in contemporary Japan.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2023

Miles Franklin award 2023: shortlist revealed for Australia’s prestigious literary prize

Five first-time nominees are among the six authors competing for $60,000 award for novels that ‘present Australian life in any of its phases’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023

Tale of new Australia in Miles Franklin shortlist debut

First-time author Kgshak Akec has made the Miles Franklin shortlist with a "novel of national significance" grounded in her own experience as a new Australian.

AAP · Jun 19, 2023