A fiction writer recalls childhood memories of his family's escape from Vietnam to North America in the late 80s. A non-fiction writer presents despatches from the Middle East and Africa for an audience in another continent. Experimenting with form, another writes a novel with one title, two different covers and two different stories set in two different countries in two different eras. Writing about place is an act of mapping. This panel will ponder questions of astuteness and point of view, while considering the writer's role as a cartographer and the tools at their disposal.
Speakers: Lieve Joris, Michelle de Kretser, Tuan Phan
Moderator: Nithiyananthan Muthusamy