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Welcome to Indo-Pacific Literature
Australia and South Asia
NEW BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
short fiction, online fiction, literary projects, festivals and events.
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See More Books, including Round Table Writing, Round Table Magic, Central Coast Women’s Health Centre 20 Years at Book Shelf
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My latest work: Story ‘Connections’ in AAWP Journal Meniscus (Australia); story ‘Deadly Trendies’ in Society of Women Writers 100th Anniversary edition of Women’s Ink, (Australia); story ‘An Alternative Direction’ in The Impish Equilibrium (India), story ‘Flaws in the Glass’ in Indian Literary and Art Society of Australia (ILASA) anthology Home Across the Horizon; (Australia and India)and a short story ‘Alls Well That Ends Well’ (previously published in Agathokakological Aussie Summer online story mosaic translated into Hindi language by Rekha Rajvanshi for a Hindi magazine.
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a rare collection of embellished oleographs by
Raja Ravi Varma (India, 1848-1906)
20 Sep 2025 – 5 Oct 2026
Queensland Art Gallery, Galleries 5 & 6 (Henry and Amanda Bartlett Galleries)
I had the privilege to be invited by Sujata Sankranti and family to visit the studio of Raja Ravi Varma at Kilimanoor Palace where he painted his famous artworks.
Be sure to visit The God of Small Things exhibition
Free admission
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Congratulations Society of Women Writers NSW 100th Anniversary
Society’s of Women Writers
with Indranil Bengal Halder at NSW Art Gallery 2024
Consulate General of India, Sydney and Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre celebrated Diwali in partnership with the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Susanne Gervay OAM, Indranil Bengal Halder and Meera Mehta and Sharon Rundle
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Consul General of India in Sydney Dr S. Janakiraman
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Listen to the Short Story Room Six by Sharon Rundle.
Audio Recorded at the BBC in London by actor Darlene Johnson
for broadcast on radio stations around the Commonwealth
CONFLUENCE SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVES (UK)
Confluence Interviews, Book Reviews, Articles by Sharon Rundle
Indian Link Newsletter March, 2024 Roanna Gonsalves interviews
Photograph by Maria Boyadgis, courtesy of UNSW
Storytelling in India & Australia
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Consulate General of India, Sydney.
Host, Niyati Mehta.
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L to R: Ms Louise Fowler-Smith, Dr Roanna Gonsalves, Mr Ronojoy Ghosh, Dr Sharon Rundle, Susanne Gervay OAM.
RELATIVELY TRUE
Stories of Truth, Deception, Post-Truth from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia
Edited by Meenakshi Bharat & Sharon Rundle. Publisher Orient BlackSwan, India, 2022
Contributing authors: Shirley Hazzard, Eugen Bacon, Gulzar, Meenakshi Bharat, Alex Cothren, Tony Birch, Devika Brendon, Sharon Rundle, Cate Kennedy, Anne Benjamin, Sujata Sankranti, Kate Grenville, Priya Sarrukai Chabria, Andrew Kwong, Mitra Phukan, Bashabi Fraser, Yasmine Gooneratne, Rashida Murphy, Sunil Badami, Niharika Chibber Joe, Matt M Lupton, Susanne Gervay, Janhavi Acharekar, Gayatri Gill, Julia Prendergast. Proem by Dr Roanna Gonsalves.
Foreword by H E, Australian High Commissioner to India, The Honourable Mr Barry O’Farrell AO.
Glass Walls Stories from India and Australia Only Connect Stories from India and Australia
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Alien Shores: Stories of Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Australia and the Indian Subcontinent, Brass Monkey Books – SOLD OUT! Fear Factor Terror Incognito, stories from Australia and the Indian Subcontinent, Picador UK, Picador India & Picador Australia – SOLD OUT!
These collections of stories from well-known authors offer insightful glimpses of life in Australia and in India. Please review these anthologies and let us know how the stories affected you, which stories you enjoyed most and why at https://g.page/r/CfSgfcefUTTlEBM/review
Reviews
Amit Dasgupta AO, Former Consul-General of India to Sydney, Ambassador, Distinguished Fellow of the Australia India Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Society for Policy Studies, and the Inaugural Country Director of the University of New South Wales since 2016, writes:
Agathokakological Aussie Summer: Mosaic of Indian Australian stories launched | SBS Hindi
Writers of yore strengthen the Bengali-Australia bond – indiannewslink.co.nz
Agathokakological Aussie Summer Story Mosaic
Choose a star, click and read an illustrated story. It’s Free!
Watch our Video in Sidebar for the special Mosaic
Launched by
HE, The Australian High Commissioner to India, The Hon. Mr Barry O’Farrell AO who wrote the Foreword
A collection of stellar stories illustrated with stunning photos and images from contributing authors, with an Introduction by the Consul General of India in Sydney Mr Manish Gupta.
Links to the Foreword, Introduction and Stories are embedded in stars.
Each author has their own story star – and it’s all free thanks to the generosity of our contributing authors, editors and webmaster.
Created by Helen Whitehead (Webmaster), Indranil Bengal Halder, and Sharon Rundle
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Darkinjung lands, waters, and seas, on which I work and live, paying respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.