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Shankari Chandran uses literary fiction to explore injustice, dispossession and the creation of community.

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens is her third novel, published by Ultimo Press in 2022 and short-listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023. Her first novel, Song of the Sun God, was also re-published by Ultimo Press in 2022.

Before turning to fiction, Shankari worked in the social justice field for a decade in London where she was responsible for projects in over 30 countries ranging from ensuring representation for detainees in Guantanamo Bay to advising UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Her work helped her understand the role and limitations of international humanitarian law in conflicts. It also showed her what happens to society
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Shankari Chandran I write, write and write some more. I follow Stephen King' advice in On Writing. I shut the door, imagine superglue on my bum and just bash away for a…moreI write, write and write some more. I follow Stephen King' advice in On Writing. I shut the door, imagine superglue on my bum and just bash away for as many minutes or hours as I've got. For Book 3 (still in progress) I became much better at stealing moments to write instead of just using the larger blocks of time I had. So for example, if I had 20 minutes whilst the children were having screen time, I opened up the manuscript and just bashed away for 20 minutes. (less)
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“The stories we tell each other, and the stories we tell ourselves. The stories we reveal, and those we hide. The stories we tell our children. These are the temples we build, they must not be erased.”
Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

“Every generation should have the chance to be better and freer than the one before it.”
Shankari Chandran, Song of the Sun God

“Violence should not be met with the silence of the oppressed.”
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