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Sonia Faleiro and V. V. Ganeshananthan in conversation with Mario Arriagada

South Asia Speaks

Querétaro 2025, 

The South Asia Speaks mentorship initiative, founded by Sonia Faleiro (India), seeks to amplify the emerging literary voices in the region. One result of this project, published late last year, was the book How I Write: Writers on Their Craft, a compilation of conversations with writers from South Asia. One contributor was V. V. Ganeshananthan (Sri Lanka/USA), author of Brotherless Night, who talks about his literary experience. Faleiro is also the editor of the anthology Gaza: The Story of a Genocide which will be published soon. Both writers will talk to Mario Arriagada (Mexico).

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available

Sonia Faleiro and V. V. Ganeshananthan in conversation with Mario Arriagada