The Near and the Far: New stories from the Asia-Pacific region
edited by David Carlin and Francesca Rendle-Short
Scribe $27.99 pb, 271 pp, 9781925321562
Fiction
The Near and the Far: New stories from the Asia-Pacific region edited by David Carlin and Francesca Rendle-Short
Reviewed by Sara Savage •
At the 2016 Melbourne Writers Festival, Maxine Beneba Clarke received a standing ovation for her opening address in which she pushed for greater diversity in literature. ‘Something powerful stirred,’ she said of reading the few books with diverse characters available to her as a teenager, from Sally Morgan to Judy Blume. ‘These were stories about difference and sameness, about home and unbelonging. They were my stories.’
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The Near and the Far: New stories from the Asia-Pacific region
edited by David Carlin and Francesca Rendle-Short
Scribe $27.99 pb, 271 pp, 9781925321562
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