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Rajith Savanadasa was born in Sri Lanka. He runs Open City Stories, a website documenting the lives of a group of asylum seekers in Melbourne. Rajith was shortlisted for the Asia-Europe Foundation short story prize in 2013, the Fish Publishing short story prize in 2013 and received a Wheeler Centre Hotdesk Fellowship in 2014. His debut novel, Ruins, will be published by Hachette Australia in 2016.

Past Events

Emerging Writers’ Festival Launch: Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars

Michaela McGuire, Brodie Lancaster, Rajith Savanadasa, Laura Davis, Emma Marie Jones

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10 May

The Next Big Thing

2016 Emerging Writers' Festival edition

Kate Mildenhall, Michelle Wright, Susie Anderson, Rajith Savanadasa

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20 Jun
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