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Shankari Chandran jokes that she still plans her life in terms of a lawyer’s billable hours. “If the day is finite and my life is finite, where is the best place to put my time? And my instinct is to push myself on everything.”

She was told her fiction wasn’t ‘Australian enough’. Then she won the Miles Franklin

Working with a “billable hours” mindset, lawyer, mum of four and author Shankari Chandran weaves sharp social justice critiques through her loving family tales.

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The real Stella Miles Franklin.

Sisters, doubles and the brilliant career of Miles Franklin

Amy Brown’s novel imagines a sister’s view of the Australian author, a riff on her famous novel, and a consideration of writing and reading fiction.

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Author Shankari Chandran has won the Miles Franklin Award with her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens.

‘Trojan horse’ novel tackling colonisation and war wins Miles Franklin

Never judge a book by its cover. That’s certainly true about Shankari Chandran’s award-winning novel.

  • Jason Steger

Why Harry’s memoir might finally close the book on literacy

Could our growing disinterest in reading be the spark for the end of civilisation? Read on ...

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Craig Silvey overturns literary convention before breakfast at The Grounds in the City.

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Like relationships, some books can be toxic, the award-winning author says.

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This year’s Miles Franklin-shortlisted novels.

‘Everyone recognises it’: The life-changing impact of a Miles Franklin nod

The Miles Franklin is the most significant literary award in Australia. So, what’s it like to be shortlisted, to publish a winner, or even win it?

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