Day: May 9, 2014

Fiction writing
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Su Dharmapala on the power of kharma and writing from the heart

Su Dharmapala is an author, social media commentator and blogger. Her debut novel, The Wedding Season, was published in 2012 by Simon & Schuster and she’s just released her follow-up, Saree. Set in Sri Lanka, India and Australia, Saree is the story of a young saree maker, whose creations transform

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