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The year’s most anticipated NZ story was the only one Saraid de Silva could tell-by Tyson Beckett The year’s most anticipated NZ story was the only one Saraid de Silva could tell. Source:Thepost The stage, the screen, the airwaves and now the page, emerging literary talent Saraid de Silva writes for it all. Auckland based, the Sri Lankan Pakeha writer and performer works as a storyliner on Shortland Street and is the co-creator and co-host of RNZ podcast Conversations with My Immigrant Parents. In 2021 de Silva was the inaugural recipient of the $10,000 Crystal Arts Trust Prize, the richest university writing prize in the country. Touted as one of the hottest debut releases in Aotearoa, her first novel Amma follows three generations of South Asian women as they navigate their way across continents, cultures and expectations. It was, she tells Tyson Beckett, the only story she could write. ...