Sydney Writers’ Festival : Geetanjali Shree

Enjoy the best of the Sydney Writers’ Festival without travelling to the city! Bowral Library is hosting a series of official festival talk playbacks over four weeks, featuring some of the festival’s standout sessions.

Where: Henrietta Rose Room, Bowral Library
When: Friday 28 August @ 11AM-12PM
Cost: Free. Bookings essential.

Plus, there are $25 and $50 Bookshop Bowral vouchers up for grabs throughout the series! Once you’ve booked your ticket, collect your free event booklet from the library before the talks or ask for one on arrival. Proudly supported by Friends of Wingecarribee Libraries.

For Week 4, hear from Geetanjali Shree:

About the playback:

Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize and of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, for her novel, “Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi)”. The novel was shortlisted for the Emile Guimet Prize. She is also the winner of the 2025 Luna Virino International award for women achievers.

Geetanjali Shree is known for her innovative use of language and structure. She has written five other novels, “Mai (Mai: Silently Mother)”, “Hamara Shahar Us Baras (Our City That Year)”, “Tirohit (The Roof Beneath Their Feet)”,  ”Khali Jagah (Empty Space)” and “Sah-sa, (All At Once)” and five collections of short stories.

She writes essays and gives talks in both Hindi and English. Her work is translated into many Indian and foreign languages. Geetanjali also works on theatre scripts in collaboration with a Delhi based group, Vivadi, of which she is a founding member. She is frequently invited for residencies, fellowships, lectures, seminars and workshops across the world. This year she completed a DAAD writer-in-residence program in Berlin.

Don’t miss this chance to enjoy some of Australia’s best conversations, stories and ideas without leaving town.