This episode of the Art, Design And Media podcast is part of a special RMIT Culture and student produced series, Literature and Ideas.
Authors Shokoofeh Azar and Zana Fraillon explore cross-sections between the refugee experience and literature. They share their experiences writing about migration, detention and border policies.
Shokoofeh Azar is an Iranian-Australian author and journalist, who sought political asylum in Australia in 2011. Her first novel The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Zana Fraillon is a multi-award winning author of books for children and young adults. Her novel The Bone Sparrow explores a refugee child’s experience in an Australian permanent detention centre.
This first episode has been drawn from On Migration and Detention, a live panel hosted by Astrid Edwards, presented as part of RMIT Culture's Salon series.
Hosts: Anthea Yang and Else Fitzgerald
Producers: Anthea Yang, Chris Alphonso, Hayden Spurrell and Lauren Webster
Supervising producer: Carly Godden
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