Auckland Writers Festival special: Saraid de Silva - ‘Amma' extract
To celebrate the 2025 Auckland Writers Festival, we've teamed up with New Zealand publishers to showcase some of the authors who will be on stage over the festival weekend.
This extract is from 'Amma' by Saraid de Silva.
Silva will appear at the festival at the event Kaliane Bradley: The on Saturday, May 17, 2.30pm.

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