Shehan Karunatilaka - a full circle back to New Zealand

About this episode

Shehan Karunatilaka discusses his future plans after winning the Booker Prize and returning to New Zealand.

Booker Prize winner of 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka is in conversation with Kadambari Raghukumar about his plans after returning to New Zealand. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

People in this episode

Host: Kadambari Raghukumar

Guest: Shehan Karunatilaka

Topics covered

• literature
• Booker Prize
• New Zealand
• author interview
• cultural discussion

Keywords

• Shehan Karunatilaka
• Booker Prize
• New Zealand
• Kadambari Raghukumar
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Booker Prize

Places: New Zealand

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