In Conversation with Nifraz Rifaz in Cha

My latest conversation for Cha: An Asian Literary Journal dives into the life and story of Sri Lankan author Nifraz Rifaz and the inspirations for his soaring debut novel Paper Plane. The book launched in Nov 2025 in Sri Lanka. I was honoured to be among the first to read and review it in The Hooghly Review‘s ASAP Corner of literary first impressions. This conversation dives deeper! Thanks editor Tammy Ho Lai-ming for the enormous care and attention you give each piece. This is my second piece for Cha this week. My dog’s review of a Hong Kong restaurant was published yesterday!

https://chajournal.com/2026/04/23/paper-plane/

You can read my earlier conversations with artists George Tang Kwok-wing and Sai Pradhan here: https://chajournal.com/category/sadie-kaye/

 

 
 
 
 
 
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