The theme of the 5th China Australia Literary Forum was 'Ideas of the Future: Building Relations'. The event, held 2nd September 2019, Melbourne, was hosted by jointly hosted by the Writing & Society Research Centre, the Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture, Australian Centre (University of Melbourne), and the China Writers’ Association.
Participating Australian literary authors included: Lisa Gorton, Kate Fagan, David McCooey, and Felicity Castagna.
Participating Chinese authors included: Zheng Xiaoqiong (poet), Xia Jia (novelist), Dong Xi (novelist), and Yong Li (novelist).
Participating scholars and publishers included: Yan Jingming (critic), Li Guoping (critic), Ying Hong (editor and publisher), James Ley (critic), Xiang Ren (scholar, publishing), Sam Cooney (publisher), Ken Gelder (critic), and Justin Clemens (critic)
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Full text of the presentations, in both English and Chinese, is available from the event website here.*XY4
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