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Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens
''Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'' (2022) is a novel by Australian writer Shankari Chandran. It was originally published by Ultimo Press in Australia in 2022. It was the winner of the 2023 Miles Franklin Award. Synopsis The Cinnamon Gardens of the title is a nursing home in Sydney, set up in the 1980s by Maya and Zakhir, a Sri Lankan couple who fled their country during the civil war. Now Zakhir is missing, and Maya is a resident of the nursing home which is now run by her daughter Anjali. When a friend of Anjali discovers that Maya and Zakhir once toppled a statue of James Cook which once stood at the nursing home, he lodges a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, accusing the couple of racism. The novel is told along two timelines: the present day; and in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. Dedication * "For Ellora, Kailash, Hari and Siddharth" Critical reception Writing for ''The Guardian'', Zoya Patel noted: "At first glance, ''Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'', the latest novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankari Chandran
Shankari Chandran (born 1974/75) is a British-Australian novelist. She won the 2023 Miles Franklin Award with her third novel, ''Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens''. Career Chandran was born in London in 1974/75, then grew up in Canberra. Her parents were Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka. She studied law at the University of New South Wales, then worked as a human rights lawyer in London. Her first novel, ''Song of the Sun God'', was published in Sri Lanka in January 2017 and was longlisted for the 2019 International Dublin Literary Award. It was published in Australia in November 2022 by Ultimo Press. Charithra Chandran was given the lead role in a six-part adaptation, also named ''Song of the Sun God''. Her second novel, ''The Barrier'', was published in Australia in June 2017. It was a finalist for the Norma K. Hemming Award for a Long Work of science fiction as an "exploration of themes of race, gender, class and sexuality in science fiction produced either in Australia or by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic '' My Brilliant Career'' (1901). She bequeathed her estate to fund this award. As of 2016, the award is valued A$60,000. __TOC__ Winners Controversies Author Frank Moorhouse was disqualified from consideration for his novel Grand Days because the story was set in Europe during the 1920s and was not sufficiently Australian. 1995 winner Helen Darville, also known as Helen Demidenko and Helen Dale, won for The Hand that signed the Paper and sparked a debate about authenticity in Australian literature. Darville claimed to be of Ukrainian descent and said it was fiction based on family history. Writer David Marr, who presented the award to her said that revelations about her t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 In Australian Literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022. Major publications Literary fiction * Robbie Arnott, ''Limberlost'' * Jessica Au, ''Cold Enough for Snow'' * Jane Caro, ''The Mother'' * Steven Carroll, ''Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight'' * Shankari Chandran, ''Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'' (winner, 2023 Miles Franklin Award) * Robert Drewe, ''Nimblefoot'' * Katerina Gibson, ''Women I Know'' (winner, 2023 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction) * Robert Lukins, ''Loveland'' * Fiona Kelly McGregor, ''Iris'' * Edwina Preston, ''Bad Art Mother'' * Craig Sherborne, ''The Grass Hotel'' * Steve Toltz, ''Here Goes Nothing'' Short story collections * Mirandi Riwoe, ''The Burnished Sun'' Non-Fiction * Alison Bashford, ''An Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys in Nature and Culture'' * Debra Dank, ''We Come With This Place'' * Jo Dyer, ''Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics'' * Madonna King, ''L Platers:How to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodies Of Light
''Bodies of Light'' (2021) is a novel by Australian writer Jennifer Down. It won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award, and was shortlisted for the 2022 Voss Literary Prize, the 2022 Stella Prize, the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award, the 2022 Age Book of the Year Award, the 2022 Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Novel, and the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. Abstract "A quiet, small-town existence. An unexpected Facebook message, jolting her back to the past. A history she's reluctant to revisit- dark memories and unspoken trauma, bruised thighs and warning knocks on bedroom walls, unfathomable loss. "She became a new person a long time ago. What happens when buried stories are dragged into the light? "This epic novel from the two-time Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year is a masterwork of tragedy and heartbreak-the story of a life in full. Sublimely wrought in devastating detail, ''Bodies of Light'' confirms Jennifer Down as one of the writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In Australian Literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2023. Major publications Literary fiction * Tony Birch – ''Women & Children'' * Trent Dalton – ''Lola in the Mirror'' * Gregory Day – ''The Bell of the World'' * Kate Grenville – ''Restless Dolly Maunder'' * John Kinsella – ''Cellnight: A verse novel'' * Melissa Lucashenko – ''Edenglassie'' * Kate Morton – ''Homecoming'' * Mirandi Riwoe – ''Sunbirds'' * Tracy Sorensen – ''The Vitals'' * Christos Tsiolkas – ''The In-Between'' * Pip Williams – '' The Bookbinder of Jericho'' * Charlotte Wood – ''Stone Yard Devotional'' * Alexis Wright – '' Praiseworthy'' Short story collections * Graeme Simsion – ''Creative Differences: And Other Stories'' * Laura Jean McKay – ''Gunflower'' Non-Fiction * Chanel Contos – ''Consent Laid Bare'' * Robyn Davidson – ''Unfinished Woman'' * Marele Day – ''Reckless'' * Martin Flanagan – ''The Empty Honour Board'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Franklin Award-winning Works
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the British Commonwealth and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly . With qualifiers, ''mile'' is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile, such as the nautical mile (now exactly), the Italian mile (roughly ), and the Chinese mile (now exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 Roman feet but the greater importance of furlongs in Elizabethan-era England meant that the statute mile was made equivalent to or in 1593. This form of the mile then spread across the British Empire, some successor states of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan Civil War Books
Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, Balinese, Sinhala, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, and also among Philippine languages. It is usually transliterated as ''Sri'', ''Sree'', ''Shri'', Shiri, Shree, ''Si'', or ''Seri'' based on the local convention for transliteration. The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language, but also as a title of veneration for deities or as honorific title for local rulers. Shri is also another name for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, while a ''yantra'' or a mystical diagram popularly used to worship her is called Shri Yantra. Etymology Monier-Williams Dictionary gives the meaning of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
