AustLit News December 2007/January 2008

Parting Reflections on the 'Asian' Subset


As a parting gift (and providing further evidence of her dedication and knowledge) Anne Chittleborough highlights the following selection from the publications added to the Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' subset during 2007:

Titles featuring South Asia:

 

Australian literary reflections of 'Asia' include writings by the 'Asian' diaspora in Australia as they view their heritage and homelands, and as they perceive themselves to be viewed by Australians. This year has seen the publication of:

 

And finally, Anne notes, '2007 publications are remarkable for the number of works published for children and young adults. Books for young people for 2005-2007 are double those of the preceding three years (2002-2004). One might hope that the barriers between east and west are in fact being broken down in younger generations'.