Sharmini Kumar
Theatre director and founder of 24 Carat Productions and co-author of Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, who contributes perspective on adapting Austen characters and staging literary events.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 55min
Dearest Gentle Reader, a very Bridgerton Big Ideas! Australian novelists dissect the regency era
Kelly Gardiner, historical novelist and co-author of a Regency detective pastiche. Sharmini Kumar, theatre director who adapts Austen characters to stage and page. Alison Goodman, genre-spanning novelist driven by meticulous research. They debate Bridgerton’s appeal, recast Caroline Bingley as a sleuth, mix fantasy with Regency life, and weigh accuracy, empire and fashion in storytelling.
