Sydney Writers' Festival - An Evening with Shankari Chandran

Next date: Thursday, 22 May 2025 | 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM

Join award-winning author Shankari Chandran in conversation with Amy Sambrooke as she discusses her new book, Unfinished Business. An intense heart-pounding thriller of intrigue and espionage.

Cost | $10.00PP | Bookings essential online | Suitable for Adults

This event is general admission.

The evening will conclude with book sales and signing. Cash and card accepted.

About the Book

Unfinished Business, Ultimo Press
Sri Lanka, 2009. Decades of civil war and bloodshed are being brought to an end at last—by any means necessary. In the capital, Colombo, tenacious journalist Ameena Fernando is murdered, execution-style, on a busy street near her home, with no witnesses.

With pressure growing to find Ameena’s killer, CIA agent Ellie Harper is sent to seek justice for the journalist’s death, with strict instructions: find something, but not too much. It’s her first time returning to the island after her last mission went tragically awry four years prior, and Ellie has more than one ghost to lay to rest. Amid the international scheming and jostling for stakes in post-war Sri Lanka, Ellie follows the trail of secrets on a mission to uncover a truth worth killing for.

About the Author

Shankari Chandran is an Australian Tamil lawyer and the author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2023. Her other novels are Unfinished Business, Safe Haven, The Barrier and Song of the Sun God. Her short stories have been published in various Sweatshop anthologies. Shankari is also the deputy chair of Writing NSW.

About Amy Sambrooke

Amy Sambrooke is a creative producer and facilitator, and manages the professional development masterclass program at Varuna, the National Writers’ House. Formerly the Creative Director of Varuna and the Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival (2017 – 2023), Amy has held senior roles in program leadership, education and communications in the arts and in public policy. Amy started her career as a Producer at ABC Sydney, and is a graduate of Macquarie University and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

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