Geoffrey Rush, in his speech as Australian of the Year, put out a call to the writers of Australia,
saying that he wanted to see the ‘stories of people wanting to come here at great peril to their lives,
with such extraordinary bravery’, adding that: ‘we’re not finding that human scale in the story and
I think it’d be good if we did that because I think people would discuss the arguments
with less overly emotive responses to primal knee-jerk reactions.’
Alien Shores is a cross Indian-Australian anthology of renowned Australian and Indian authors and a powerful response to Geoffrey Rush’s call.
To be launched at The Hughenden with special guest The Indian Consul General and authors Linda Jaivlin, Rosie Scott, Susanne Gervay, Sharon Rundle, Meenakshi Bharat, Michelle Cahill, Andrew Kwong … hosted by Roanna Gonsalvez
Published by Brass Monkey Books Australia, imprint of UQP.
Editors: Meenakshi Bharat and Sharon Rundle (Eds)
Publish Date: May 2012
ISBN-13:9780980863932; ISBN-10:0980863937
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