Suneeta Peres da Costa

Interviews, News & Events

Launch of The Prodigal in conversation with Sheila Ngọc Phạm, Gleebooks, Sydney, 22 January, 2025;
Australian Society of Authors Member Spotlight: Suneeta Peres da Costa, November 27, 2024;
Late Night Lit, Bar Toto, Ettalong, Words on the Waves Writers Festival, 21 November, 2024; reading from The Prodigal;
Peace Cottage ‘Poems for Peace’ Workshop, Betalbatim, Goa, India, 20 December, 2023;
Australian Society of Authors ‘Deciding Who Narrates Your Story’, Professional Development Session (Online), 8 November, 2023;
Addi Rd Writers’ Festival, ‘Worlds Within Worlds’, in conversation with Sheila Ngọc Phạm, Addi Rd Community Centre, Marrickville, 20 May, 2023;
Rose Scott Women Writers’ Festival ‘Creativity, Research, Craft’ Panel with Mireille Juchau and Felicity Plunkett, The Women’s Club, Sydney, 17 September, 2022;
Sydney Writers’ Festival ‘Open Secrets’ Panel with Vanessa Berry and Eda Gunaydin, facilitated by Kate Fagan and presented with Sydney Review of Books, 22 May, 2022;
State Library of NSW Sydney Review of Books ‘Writing Under Lockdown’, in conversation with Fiona Wright, moderated by Ivor Indyk, 22 July, 2021;
Tell Me Your Story, Stories of the Indian Diaspora Series, in conversation with Sanchaiyata Majumdar and Ilhana Katoch, 2 April, 2021;
LIMINAL X Mapping Melbourne Launch ‘Time Series’ with Elizabeth Tan, Anupama Pilbrow, Shirley Le, et al., hosted by Leah Jing McIntosh , 28 January, 2021;
Brooklyn Book Festival ‘Coming of Age in Challenging/Strange Times’, in conversation with Romesh Gunesekera and Ivan Vladislavic, moderated by Eric Banks, 4 October, 2020;
Inaugural Sydney PEN Open Mic Reading Series, ‘Lockdown’, with Special Guests Adam Aitken, Melissa Bruce, Jazz Money and Fatimah Abdulghafur, 29 June, 2020;
Delegate, 10th Edition Goa Arts and Literature Festival December: Launch of Coconut Dreams in conversation with Derek Mascarenhas 6 December,2019; ‘Goa Diaspora: Where Is Home?’; in conversation with Sujatha Fernandes, moderated by Jerry Pinto, 7 December, 2019;
Fundação Oriente Chief Guest, Goan Short Stories Competition Award Ceremony, Goa, 29 November, 2019;
Fundação Oriente ‘In the Lands of Saudade: An Evening with Writer Suneeta Peres da Costa’, in conversation with R. Benedito Ferrão, Goa, 28 November, 2019;
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 23-27 October, 2019; moderator, ‘Location, Location, Location’ with H.M. Naqvi, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Robbie Arnott and Guy Gunaratne, 24 October; panellist, ‘Talking ‘Bout A Revolution’ with Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and Azhari Aiyub, moderated by Norman Ince, 26 October;
National Young Writers’ Festival Letter Writing Workshop with Emily Banyard and Julie Koh, presented by PEN Sydney in support of Behrouz Boochani and Manus Island detainees, Newcastle City Library, 5 October, 2019;
Delegate, Asian-Australian Leadership Summit, State Library of Victoria, hosted by Asialink, The University of Melbourne, PwC and the Australian National University, 12-13 September, 2019;
UNSWriting ‘Writing Contemporary Australia’, in conversation with Michelle de Kretser and Roanna Gonsalves, IO Myers Studio, UNSW, Sydney. March 28, 2019;
Public Program of the Exhibition, Visions of Paradise: Indian Court Paintings, reading and discussion of ‘A Domestic Mishap’, NGV International, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 January, 2019;
Carpe Diem Art & Learning Centre, co-convened with Jessica Faleiro and read at ‘Poets & Writers Evening’, with Savia Viegas, Salil Chaturvedi, Heta Pandit et al., Goa, December 9, 2018 (in support of ARZ Against Human Trafficking, Goa);
Delegate, 2018 Goa Arts and Literary Festival, 4-7 December, ‘Finding a Voice: Diaspora’, in conversation with Usha Alexander and R. Benedito Ferrão, December 8, 2018;
2018 Goa Arts and Literary Festival Curtain Raiser, in conversation with Ana Filomena Amaral and Professor Delfim Correia da Silva, Centro de Língua Portuguesa, Instituto Camões, December 4, 2018;
Australian and New Zealand Studies Centre, Key Note Address, ‘Writing Saudade, Writing Exile’, at the Symposium: Weaving Stories and Telling Poetry, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, October 17, 2018;
St Bede’s College, Guest Writer, reading and discussion of Saudade, post-colonial literature & ‘How to Develop a Writing Practice’, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, October 10, 2018;
Orient BlackSwan Launch Of Indian Origin: Writings from Australia; reading from ‘Dreamless’ and panel discussion with Drs Meenakshi Bharat and Shweta Sachdeva Jha, Miranda House, Delhi University, 1 October 2018;
Cervantes Institute Long Night of European Literatures, featured writer (Portugal), reading and Q&A on Saudade, supported by the Instituto Camões, New Delhi, September 28, 2018;;
Launch of Saudade by Adam Aitken and reading, Gleebooks, Sydney March 24, 2018;
Books & Arts interview with Sarah Kanowski, ‘New Writing on Place in the Sydney Review of Books' with Vanessa Berry and Catriona Menzies-Pike, ABC Radio National, November 18, 2016;
New Geographies panellist, ‘Crossing’, with Peter Minter, Ali Cobby Eckermann & Luke Carman, chaired by Ivor Indyk, convened by The Writing & Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University, Bankstown Arts Centre, November 12, 2016;
Subcontinent Book Club: Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance, in conversation with Meeta Chatterjee-Padmanabhan, R. Benedito Ferrão and Michelle Cahill, interviewed by Michael Cathcart, ABC Radio National, first broadcast 27 March, 2015; excerpted on Books Plus, 12 April 2015;
Sydney Writers’ Festival Launch of Contemporary Asian Australian Poets, published by Puncher & Wattmann; readings of ‘The Changed Woman’ and ‘The Mirror Man’, 24 May, 2013’;
Delegate, Australia-India Literatures International Forum (an initiative of the Writing and Society Research Group, University of Western Sydney), 4-6 September, 2012; panellist, ‘Questions of Time and Travel’, with Michelle de Kretser, N S Madhavan & Uday Prakash, chaired by Vijay Mishra, State Library of NSW, 5 September, 2012.

Selected Speaking Engagements

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, October 2019

Photo Credit: Anggara Mahendra

In Conversation with Meenakshi Bharat and Shweta Sachdeva Jha, Miranda House, University of Delhi, October 2018

Photo Credit: Orient Blackswan

Interviews on Saudade

'Saudade: Memory, Place & Unmooring', longform interview in Joao-Roque Literary Journal, Issue 12. No. 1, April 15, 2019;
Extended interview on Saudade on Canvas with Aurora Scott, FBi Radio Sydney, first broadcast 4 November, 2018;
Interview on Saudade on The Book Show with Sarah L’Estrange, ABC Radio National, first broadcast 12 June, 2018

The Prodigal Launch, Gleebooks, Sydney/Gadigal,

January 2025

Photo Credit: Kate Prendergast

Read an Author Interview

‘An Infinity of Traces’, with Dr Reshmi Roy, in Creative Lives: Interviews with Contemporary South Asian Diaspora Writers, Chandani Lokuge and Chris Ringrose, eds., Ibidem/Columbia University Press, August 2021

Suneeta Peres da Costa

Interviews, News & Events

Launch of The Prodigal in conversation with Sheila Ngọc Phạm, Gleebooks, Sydney, 22 January, 2025;

Australian Society of Authors Member Spotlight: Suneeta Peres da Costa, November 27, 2024;

Late Night Lit, Bar Toto, Ettalong, Words on the Waves Writers Festival, 21 November, 2024; reading from The Prodigal;

Peace Cottage ‘Poems for Peace’ Workshop, Betalbatim, Goa, India, 20 December, 2023;

Australian Society of Authors ‘Deciding Who Narrates Your Story’, Professional Development Session (Online), 8 November, 2023;

Addi Rd Writers’ Festival, ‘Worlds Within Worlds’, in conversation with Sheila Ngọc Phạm, Addi Rd Community Centre, Marrickville, 20 May, 2023;

Rose Scott Women Writers’ Festival ‘Creativity, Research, Craft’ Panel with Mireille Juchau and Felicity Plunkett, The Women’s Club, Sydney, 17 September, 2022;

Sydney Writers’ Festival ‘Open Secrets’ Panel with Vanessa Berry and Eda Gunaydin, facilitated by Kate Fagan and presented with Sydney Review of Books, 22 May, 2022;

State Library of NSW Sydney Review of Books ‘Writing Under Lockdown’, in conversation with Fiona Wright, moderated by Ivor Indyk, 22 July, 2021;

Tell Me Your Story, Stories of the Indian Diaspora Series, in conversation with Sanchaiyata Majumdar and Ilhana Katoch, 2 April, 2021;

LIMINAL X Mapping Melbourne Launch ‘Time Series’ with Elizabeth Tan, Anupama Pilbrow, Shirley Le, et al., hosted by Leah Jing McIntosh , 28 January, 2021;

Brooklyn Book Festival ‘Coming of Age in Challenging/Strange Times’, in conversation with Romesh Gunesekera and Ivan Vladislavic, moderated by Eric Banks, 4 October, 2020;

Inaugural Sydney PEN Open Mic Reading Series, ‘Lockdown’, with Special Guests Adam Aitken, Melissa Bruce, Jazz Money and Fatimah Abdulghafur, 29 June, 2020;

Delegate, 10th Edition Goa Arts and Literature Festival December: Launch of Coconut Dreams in conversation with Derek Mascarenhas 6 December,2019; ‘Goa Diaspora: Where Is Home?’; in conversation with Sujatha Fernandes, moderated by Jerry Pinto, 7 December, 2019;

Fundação Oriente Chief Guest, Goan Short Stories Competition Award Ceremony, Goa, 29 November, 2019;

Fundação Oriente ‘In the Lands of Saudade: An Evening with Writer Suneeta Peres da Costa’, in conversation with R. Benedito Ferrão, Goa, 28 November, 2019;

National Young Writers’ Festival Letter Writing Workshop with Emily Banyard and Julie Koh, presented by PEN Sydney in support of Behrouz Boochani and Manus Island detainees, Newcastle City Library, 5 October, 2019;

Delegate, Asian-Australian Leadership Summit, State Library of Victoria, hosted by Asialink, The University of Melbourne, PwC and the Australian National University, 12-13 September, 2019;

UNSWriting ‘Writing Contemporary Australia’, in conversation with Michelle de Kretser and Roanna Gonsalves, IO Myers Studio, UNSW, Sydney. March 28, 2019;

Public Program of the Exhibition, Visions of Paradise: Indian Court Paintings, reading and discussion of ‘A Domestic Mishap’, NGV International, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 January, 2019;

Carpe Diem Art & Learning Centre, co-convened with Jessica Faleiro and read at ‘Poets & Writers Evening’, with Savia Viegas, Salil Chaturvedi, Heta Pandit et al., Goa, December 9, 2018 (in support of ARZ Against Human Trafficking, Goa);

Delegate, 2018 Goa Arts and Literary Festival, 4-7 December, ‘Finding a Voice: Diaspora’, in conversation with Usha Alexander and R. Benedito Ferrão, December 8, 2018;

2018 Goa Arts and Literary Festival Curtain Raiser, in conversation with Ana Filomena Amaral and Professor Delfim Correia da Silva, Centro de Língua Portuguesa, Instituto Camões, December 4, 2018;

Australian and New Zealand Studies Centre, Key Note Address, ‘Writing Saudade, Writing Exile’, at the Symposium: Weaving Stories and Telling Poetry, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, October 17, 2018;

St Bede’s College, Guest Writer, reading and discussion of Saudade, post-colonial literature & ‘How to Develop a Writing Practice’, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, October 10, 2018;

Orient BlackSwan Launch Of Indian Origin: Writings from Australia; reading from ‘Dreamless’ and panel discussion with Drs Meenakshi Bharat and Shweta Sachdeva Jha, Miranda House, Delhi University, 1 October 2018;

Cervantes Institute Long Night of European Literatures, featured writer (Portugal), reading and Q&A on Saudade, supported by the Instituto Camões, New Delhi, September 28, 2018;;

Launch of Saudade by Adam Aitken and reading, Gleebooks, Sydney March 24, 2018;

Books & Arts interview with Sarah Kanowski, ‘New Writing on Place in the Sydney Review of Books' with Vanessa Berry and Catriona Menzies-Pike, ABC Radio National, November 18, 2016;

New Geographies panellist, ‘Crossing’, with Peter Minter, Ali Cobby Eckermann & Luke Carman, chaired by Ivor Indyk, convened by The Writing & Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University, Bankstown Arts Centre, November 12, 2016;

Subcontinent Book Club: Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance, in conversation with Meeta Chatterjee-Padmanabhan, R. Benedito Ferrão and Michelle Cahill, interviewed by Michael Cathcart, ABC Radio National, first broadcast 27 March, 2015; excerpted on Books Plus, 12 April 2015;

Sydney Writers’ Festival Launch of Contemporary Asian Australian Poets, published by Puncher & Wattmann; readings of ‘The Changed Woman’ and ‘The Mirror Man’, 24 May, 2013’;

Selected Speaking Engagements

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, October 2019

Photo Credit: Anggara Mahendra

In Conversation with Meenakshi Bharat and Shweta Sachdeva Jha, Miranda House, University of Delhi, October 2018

Interviews on Saudade

'Saudade: Memory, Place & Unmooring', longform interview in Joao-Roque Literary Journal, Issue 12. No. 1, April 15, 2019;

Extended interview on Saudade on Canvas with Aurora Scott, FBi Radio Sydney, first broadcast 4 November, 2018;

Interview on Saudade on The Book Show with Sarah L’Estrange, ABC Radio National, first broadcast 12 June, 2018

The Prodigal Launch, Gleebooks, Sydney/Gadigal,

January 2025

Photo Credit: Kate Prendergast

Read an Author Interview

‘An Infinity of Traces’, with Dr Reshmi Roy, in Creative Lives: Interviews with Contemporary South Asian Diaspora Writers, Chandani Lokuge and Chris Ringrose, eds., Ibidem/Columbia University Press, August 2021

In Conversation with Sheila Ngoc Pham,The Prodigal Launch, Gleebooks, Sydney/Gadigal, January 2025

Photo Credit: Kate Prendergast