Visiting Armenian American Professor of Humanities and renowned poet Peter Balakian will read from the works of the Armenians writers who were murdered. It will be a poignant and powerful reminder of how oppressive Governments, past and present, control the voices of people by

Michael Farrell has been included in various Australian poetry anthologies and many journals in Australia and the U.S. His book ode ode was shortlisted for the Age poetry prize in 2003. More recently he published a book of cartoon poems titled Break me Ouch (3 Deep).

The book will

The Impossibility of History is presented as part of the University of Melbourne Asia Institute’s Public Lecture Series and will focus on her first novel Blue Widow.

WHEN: Thursday 1 May, 2008
TIME: 6pm - 7.30pm
WHERE: Old Geology Theatre 2, The University of Melbourne
COST:

异议作家杨天水为独立中文笔会会员，以在《博讯》和《大纪元》等网站上发表的批评文字而知名，其网上作品包括诗歌、散文、小说和回忆录，其中很多是在狱中所撰写。

On December 23, 2005, Yang was detained without a warrant in Nanjing and held incommunicado at Dantu District Detention Centre in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. His family was not notified of his arrest or whereabouts until January 27, 2006, when they received formal notification