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Join acclaimed author Suneeta Peres da Costa for the launch of The Prodigal, her debut poetry collection and first book following her acclaimed novel Saudade. Peres da Costa will be in conversation with Sheila Ngọc Phạm.Published by Giramondo, The Prodigal unravels myths of homecoming and return, belonging and displacement, patrimony and sovereignty. Best known for her work as a novelist, Peres da Costa here expands upon the range of voices in her fiction, conjuring dramatic personae from Indian history and allegories from suburban Sydney, exploring lyric, narrative and essayistic modes. The collection reflects on artworks and objects: miniature Mughal watercolours and photographs of cockatoos; a tamarillo, a panettone. Passionfruit vines are disentangled; a street cobbler repairs the strap of a bag. Marked by its attention to the body, its strengths and infirmities, The Prodigal explores the experience of suffering through earthly and human ecologies and primordial connections.
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EVENT DETAILS
Date: Weds 22 Jan
Time: 6pm for a 6.30pm start
Venue: Gleebooks
Address: 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe NSW 2037
This event is free, but RSVP is essential:
https://gleebooks.com.au/event/suneeta-peres-da-costa-the-prodigal/
Light refreshments will be provided for guests.
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SUNEETA PERES DA COSTA
Suneeta Peres da Costa was born in Sydney, on Gadigal land of the Eora, and is of Goan heritage. She writes fiction, non-fiction, plays and poetry. Her novella Saudade was shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, and was a finalist in Field Notes’ 2020 Tournament of Books. Her honours include fellowships and residencies from Asialink Arts, the Australia Council for the Arts, Varuna, MacDowell, the Yaddo Corporation and the Fulbright Program. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, New York.
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SHEILA NGOC PHAM
Sheila Ngọc Phạm is a writer, editor, researcher, producer and curator. She is the inaugural Imago Fellow at the State Library of NSW for 2025. Sheila is widely published and was a finalist for the 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize and the 2021 Walkley-Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism and the 2021 Woollahra Digital Literary Award. She is a Contributing Editor to diaCRITICS, the online journal for the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network, and recently served on the Sydney Review of Books Advisory Board. She lives on Dharug land in south-western Sydney with her husband and two children.
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Learn more about Giramondo:
https://giramondopublishing.com/
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Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road,Sydney,NSW,Australia, Pyrmont
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