Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jan Sardi explores the migrant experience in Victorian literature with a panel of writers including philosopher and memoirist Raimond Gaita, author and human-rights advocate Arnold Zable and rising star Amra Pajalic.
This panel discussion was held at the State Library of Victoria on 18 June 2009.
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Jan Sardi is one of Australia's most acclaimed screenwriters. He received an Academy Award nomination for Shine, and has also adapted The Notebook and Mao's Last Dancer for the screen. He is currently adapting The Secret River by Kate Grenville, to be directed by Fred Schepisi.
Raimond Gaita is Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College London and Foundation Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. He is well known for his memoir Romulus, My Father, which has been made into an award-winning feature film.
Amra Pajalic is a Melbourne novelist. Her first novel, The Good Daughter, is the story of a 15-year-old girl of Bosnian background coming to terms with her cultural identity.
Arnold Zable is a writer, educator and human-rights advocate. His books, often exploring migration, memory and history, and the experience of the Jewish diaspora, include the award-winning Jewels and Ashes, The Fig Tree,Café Scheherazade and Sea of Many Returns.
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