Culture+Ideas
Nicholas Jose: Bapo
in conversation
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
proudly presents
Author Nicholas Jose
in conversation with Gene Sherman
Nicholas will share from his latest publication, Bapo – a collection of short stories inspired by events, people and personal experience during his decades of involvement in China.
Thursday 18 June, 2015
6–8 pm
Conversation to commence at 6:30 pm
at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
16-20 Goodhope Street
Paddington NSW 2021
RSVP by Thursday, 11 June 2015
02 9331 1112 or bookings@sherman-scaf.org.au
Copies of Bapo will be available for purchase and signing.
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Nicholas Jose was Cultural Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Beijing from 1987 to 1990, at a vital moment in China’s history, and has played an important role in artistic relations between the two countries since then. He is the author of seven highly regarded novels, three of which, Avenue of Eternal Peace (1989), The Rose Crossing (1994) and The Red Thread (2000), deal with Chinese subjects, as does his collection of essays Chinese Whispers (1995). He was general editor of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature (2009) and is Professor of Creative Writing at Adelaide University. His most recent work is the collection of short stories Bapo, published by Giramondo in October 2014.
Image: Chen Erzi
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