Anuja Varghese wins the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
Anuja Varghese wins the 2023 Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, for her debut short story collection, CHRYSALIS!
Peer Assessment Committee Citation:
“A passionate, sophisticated collection of stories that highlights Anuja Varghese’s impressive range, Chrysalis seamlessly blends realism with the otherworldly to achieve a work that is rollicking and wry, gleeful and ominous. Each story is complex and intimate, the characters served by rich, evocative writing that goes to the heart of their humanity. Confidently cutting across genres, Chrysalis is sparkling and downright delightful.”
—Peer assessment committee: Carleigh Baker, Neil Bissoondath and Jessica Westhead
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