Hear Australian Nikkei novelist Christine Piper talk about her writing process, how she wrote her novel for a PhD program and the literary techniques she used. 

Her novel, "After Darkness", won the 2014 Vogel's Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Japanese translation (暗闇の後で) came out last year (Kadensha, 2023). 

Synopsis: It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war. While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien and sent to Loveday internment camp in a remote corner of South Australia. There, he learns to live among a disparate group of men divided by culture and allegiance. As tensions at the isolated camp escalate, the doctor's long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.

Monday 19 August 2024, 14:00-15:30 (English with Japanese translation, scheduled to be delivered by Zoom)

Venue: Meisei University in Tokyo. Bldg No. 28, Presentation Room 100-3 (opposite the 1st floor entrance of the Library) 〒191-8506 2-1-1, Hodokubo, Hinoshi, Tokyo

Access: https://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html

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Hosted by the Australia/New Zealand Literary Society of Japan.
Organised by Megumi KATO, Meisei University, kato@sw.meisei-u.ac.jp

More info: https://bit.ly/4dcY8NR