WHAT THEY SAID

Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka, January 28 2007
The conversation of writing life featuring Prof. Yasmine Gooneratne was an insightful presentation which revealed fascinating facets of the childhood and the kith and kin that form the foundation for the flourishing creativity of the master writer.

Deepika Shetty, who moderated the session, should also be commended for bringing out life experience from the subject. Prof. Yasmine Gooneratne is an award winning writer who has published over 16 books including The Pleasure of Conquest which was short listed for the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Sharon Bakar aka Bibliobibuli
"Here's the dynamic Deepika Shetty. Her knowledge and enthusiasm about books and writers made her the perfect moderator."

Byron Bay Writers Festival
The Festival is proud to host the visit of Singapore journalist and television journalist, Deepika Shetty, who launched the book show Off the Shelf.

Australia Indonesia Arts Alliance (AIAA)
Deepika Shetty, darling of last year's festival and Producer of Off The Shelf in Singapore.

Zafar Anjum aka Dream Ink
The charming Deepika Shetty of CNA was again compering the panel discussion.

The Tribune, India
From a freelance writer in City Beautiful to the Anchor Editor of Channel News Asia in Singapore, Deepika Shetty's life has come a full circle. And for all her achievements in her career, she gives credit to T.K. Ramasamy, former Associate Editor of The Tribune.

Your workshop was indeed very helpful and extremely interesting to me. You certainly opened my eyes as to the current situation with "blogs" - I had no idea, they were/are so big now on the net and so widely used by so many on almost ever subject imaginable - phew, we live in amazing times, don't we? You covered the three topics within the workshop extremely well and made them very interesting with your experience and knowledge. I thought you did an excellent job with the workshop and I thoroughly, enjoyed it - thank you very much indeed.
- Brian Woods, Byron Bay, Australia

I must say that the session you were a part of on Blogging was one of the highlights of the festival for me. Congratulations on a job well done!
- Adrian Bruce, Ballina, Australia

Thanks for the lovely posting on your blog this morning, Deepika!
- Tan Twan Eng, Author, The Gift of Rain

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed meeting you and thank you again for making that Media discussion at Byron Bay so enjoyable - it is a bit hit and miss when you don't know anyone! and I did enjoy that more than anything else I did, because you chaired it so well and had it all planned.
- Barbara Ewing, Author & Actor