Authors Forum: A Country Too Far
A Country Too Far
An Anthology of 29 stories, memoirs and poetry from some of Australia's leading writers, including Christos Tsiolkas, Geraldine Brooks, Raimond Gaita, Les Murray, John Tranter and Anna Funder, on what has become one of the moral challenges of our time - seeking asylum in Australia.
Join CCS in a conversation with three of the authors, Thomas Keneally and UTS academics, Creative Writing Lecturer Dr Rosie Scott and Associate Professor Debra Adelaide from this best selling anthology.
Date: Wednesday, 30th April
Time: 4 - 6 pm
Where: UTS Building 4, Level 2, Room 2.40
RSVP: ccs@uts.edu.au
In this landmark anthology, twenty-seven of Australia's finest writers, have focused their intelligence and creativity on the theme of the dispossessed, bringing a whole new perspective of depth and truthfulness to what has become a fraught, distorted war of words. This anthology confirms that the experience of seeking asylum – the journeys of escape from death, starvation, poverty or terror to an imagined paradise – is part of the Australian mindset and deeply embedded in our culture and personal histories.
