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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">An evening with Geetanjali Shree</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2026-08-27T18:00:00" datetime="2026-08-27T18:00:00">Thursday, August 27, 2026 from 6</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2026-08-27T19:00:00" datetime="2026-08-27T19:00:00">7pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='https://seedbomb.au/venues/301'><span class='fn org p-name'>The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">Hawke Building, Level 5/61-73 North Terrace</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Adelaide</span> , <span class="region p-region">South Australia</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">5000</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">Australia</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hawke+Building%2C+Level+5%2F61-73+North+Terrace%2C+Adelaide+South+Australia+5000+Australia'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Join us for a special event with acclaimed New Delhi-based author Geetanjali Shree, in conversation with Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty.</p> <p>Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation for her novel Tomb of Sand, Shree made literary history as the first author writing in Hindi - or any Indian language - to receive the International Booker Prize.⁠</p> <p>Confronting the experiences of Partition, Tomb of Sand also explores what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman and a feminist. The novel was shortlisted for the 2021 Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature and received the 2025 Luna Virino International Award.</p> <p>Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary international literature, celebrated for her innovative use of language and structure.</p> <p>In association with The Wheeler Centre, Byron Writers Festival and Sydney Writers’ Festival.</p> <p>Register to attend this event either in-person or to watch the live-stream online.</p> <p>READ MORE AND REGISTER FOR THIS FREE EVENT</p> <p>You are welcome to view our exhibition, Artists On The Inside, showing in the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery prior to the event.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="https://hawkecentre.adelaide.edu.au/events-and-exhibitions/events/2026/geetanjali-shree/#details">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>