Beyond ‘Tomb of Sand’: Award-winning author Geetanjali Shree on storytelling and creativity

Indian author Geetanjali Shree made history in 2022 when her novel Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi in Hindi), translated by Daisy Rockwell, became the first Hindi-language work to win the International Booker Prize. During her recent visit to Australia, she spoke about her distinctive storytelling style, the voices of non-human and inanimate characters in her writing, and the writers and art forms that…