Following on from yesterday’s post about #Fast, in Malaysia, here's a heads up from Edwina Johnson, Director, Byron Bay Writers Festival, that this year’s edition will include plenty of Asian interest:
From Australia, we
have brother and sister combo Benjamin and Michelle Law, the long-suffering
children of an Asian Mother, appearing in various panels to discuss their latest
book, Sh*t Asian Mothers Say. Meanwhile,
Australian / Indian writer and human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique will be on
hand to discuss her memoir Equal Justice.
From further afield we
have: Indonesian travel writer Agustinus Wibowo; Tibetan writer, poet, and
activist Bhuchung Sonam; Carina Hoang, a Vietnamese refugee, and editor of Boat
People, an anthology of personal stories
from the Vietnamese exodus; and British-Pakistani novelist and scriptwriter
Qaisra Shahraz.
Of course, it wouldn’t
be a festival without food events. Visitors will be able to travel the Indian
spice route with author and chef Christine Manfield at a Literary Lunch drawing on
recipes from her books, which include Tasting India, and Spice.
