'Not Australian enough': Miles Franklin Award-winner overcomes early rejection

Winner of the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Shankari Chandran, with her novel ‘Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens’ at the Ovolo Hotel in Sydney Source: AAP / BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE

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When she wrote her first manuscript, she was told her stories weren't Australian enough but Shankari Chandran is now a proud winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, tackles war, trauma and division, in a confronting, but endearing story.

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'Not Australian enough': Miles Franklin Award-winner overcomes early rejection

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When she wrote her first manuscript, she was told her stories weren't Australian enough but Shankari Chandran is now a proud winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, tackles war, trauma and division, in a confronting, but endearing story.

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