April 7, 2016
‘Cultural
Diversity in the Australian Short Story is a collection of Australian short
stories for translation and publication in China. The collection will be used
by students in Chinese universities and will be distributed through the network
of Australian Studies Centres in China.
‘The editors of the collection are
Michael Griffiths, Huang Zhong and Wenche Ommundsen. The translators are members
of the English department of Wuhan University. This project comes out of a
long-standing collaboration between the University
of Wollongong and Wuhan
University, supported by both universities and the Australia China Council.’
My story ‘The Bride’ A Hatful of Cherries (2007) is included in this anthology.
The publishing of a new work is
always an important occasion for me. In this case there is the added feeling of representing Australia (albeit in a minuscule way), the country I now call home.