Asia Pacific Literature

Asia Pacific Literature episodes:

• 05.27.2017

  Rob Schmitz in conversation with Gene Sherman

  Rob Schmitz, Shanghai correspondent for NPR and author of 'Street of Eternal Happiness', in conversation with Gene Sherman. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 27 May 2017, in association with the 2017 Sydney Writers' Festival.

  
• 08.31.2016

  Alice Pung in conversation with Annette Shun Wah

  Alice Pung, acclaimed writer and journalist, in conversation with Annette Shun Wah. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 23 November 2013, in association with SCAF Project 19, Collection+: Sopheap Pich.

  
• 08.11.2016

  Anne Summers book launch: The Lost Mother

  The launch of Anne Summers 2009 novel The Lost Mother: A Story of Art and Love. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 16 July 2009.

  
• 05.18.2016

  Xu Zhiyuan in conversation with Nicholas Jose

  Xu Zhiyuan, cultural intellectual, writer and journalist, in conversation with Nicholas Jose, author and former Cultural Counsellor, Australian Embassy, Beijing. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 18 May 2016, in association with the 2016 Sydney Writers' Festival.

  
• 06.18.2015

  Nicholas Jose shares from Bapo

  Nicholas Jose shares from his 2014 publication, Bapo – a collection of short stories inspired by events, people and personal experience during his decades of involvement in China. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 18 June 2015, in association...

  
• 05.21.2015

  Xue Xinran shares from Buy Me the Sky

  Xue Xinran shares from her 2015 book, Buy Me the Sky, recounting stories of men and women born under China's single-child policy instituted in 1979. From the businessman's son unable to pack his own suitcase - to the PhD student...

  
• 04.23.2015

  Dr Kit Messham-Muir launches Double War

  A discussion between Dr Kit Messham-Muir and Shaun Gladwell, moderated by Gene Sherman, about Gladwell’s time in Afghanistan in 2009 as an official Australian war artist. The discussion is followed by the official launch of Dr Kit Messham-Muir's publication, Double...

  
• 09.25.2014

  Akio Makigawa book launch

  The Sydney launch of the book 'Akio Makigawa' celebrating the artist's life and work. Lesley Alway, Director, Asialink Arts introduces Carlier Makigawa, wife of Akio, in a discussion of this monumental publication (fourteen years in the making). The book is...

  
• 05.22.2014

  Linda Jaivin on China

  Hear celebrated author, translator and essayist, Linda Jaivin discuss how China, in particular the city of Beijing, has inspired much of her work, including her three most recent books: the non-fiction 'Beijing', the novel 'The Empress Lover' and 'The Quarterly...

  
• 05.22.2013

  Deborah Levy in conversation with Rod Freedman

  Rod Freedman in conversation with Deborah Levy, British playwright, novelist, and poet. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 22 May 2013, in association with the 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

  
• 10.06.2012

  Caroline Baum in conversation with Bill Leak

  Caroline Baum in conversation with Bill Leak, cartoonist and painter. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 6 October 2012, in association with SCAF Project 15, Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese portraiture.

  
• 04.19.2012

  Anna Krien in conversation with Caroline Baum

  Caroline Baum in conversation with writer Anna Krien about her 2010 book, Into the Woods. For many years, the Tasmanian wilderness has been the site of a fierce struggle. At stake is the future of old-growth forests. Loggers and police...

  
• 10.20.2011

  Adam Liaw in conversation with Margaret Throsby

  Adam Liaw, lawyer, cook & author in conversation with Margaret Throsby. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 20 October 2011, in association with SCAF Project 12, Tokujin Yoshioka: Waterfall.

  
• 05.19.2011

  Betty Churcher as part of Sydney Writers' Festival

  Betty Churcher speaks to an admiring audience about her life in art and her 2011 book, Notebooks. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 19 May 2011, in association with the 2011 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

  
• 05.20.2010

  William Dalrymple dicusses In Xanadu

  Scottish writer William Dalrymple discusses two of his novels, My Journeys in Xanadu and Along the Silk Road. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 20 May 2010, in association with SCAF Project 7, Fiona Tan: Coming Home, and in...

  
• 04.22.2010

  Nicholas Rothwell with Caroline Baum

  Caroline Baum in conversation with authors Robyn Davidson and Nicholas Rothwell. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 22 April 2010, in association with SCAF Project 7, Fiona Tan: Coming Home.

  
• 07.06.2009

  Australian Literature: Where's the Body?

  A guest lecture by Nicholas Jose, titled Australian Literature: Where’s the Body? Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 9 July 2009.