Authors protest China’s decision to deny Dessaix visa as Australian Writers Week kicks off
9 March 2010 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
More than 90 people, including writers JM Coetzee, Tom Keneally, Christos Tsiolkas and Tim Flannery, have signed a letter organised by authors Charlotte Wood and Michelle de Kretser protesting China's decision to refuse Australian author Robert Dessaix a visa due to his HIV status, calling it ‘a decision founded on...
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