Inspired Minds | 16.11.2008 | 00:45
One to One with Author Gail Jones
Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Author Gail Jones“My first identifications and interest in otherness, if you like, was with Asian and Aboriginal culture, and only later with European culture through reading. So there is a sort of layering effect there that I think many Australians feel, in terms of interest and dialogue and who we are in dialogue with” Gail Jones
Gail Jones recently took up a position as professor within the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. She is the author of two short-story collections, a critical monograph, and the novels, "Black Mirror", "Sixty Lights", "Dreams of Speaking" and "Sorry". Jones's work has been short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award and her prizes include the Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award and the Adelaide Festival Award for Fiction. She has also been short-listed for the 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina.
To date, Gail Jones’s fiction has been translated into nine languages.
In this week’s Inspired Minds, Gail Jones reads excerpts from her work and speaks to Breandáin O’Shea about her experience of introducing her work to new audiences around the world. She also explains why her work is so often preoccupied with cross-cultural themes.
Interview Breandáin O'Shea/Gail Jones
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