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    y separately published work icon Freedom : Short Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Amnesty International (editor), Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishers , 2011 Z1896086 2011 anthology short story 'Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which starts memorably with Article 1: we are all born free and equal, Freedom is an enthralling anthology of short stories by some of the world's top writers.

    Most of the stories have been written especially for this anthology by a renowned array of internationally acclaimed writers, including Paulo Coelho, Yann Martel, AL Kennedy, Ali Smith, Amit Chaudhuri, Ariel Dorfman, Helen Dunmore, Marina Lewycka, Walter Mosley, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, James Meek, Kate Atkinson, David Mitchell, Hector Aguilar Camin, Ishmael Beah, Boris Akunin, Alice Pung and Banana Yoshimoto.

    Each acclaimed contributor has chosen one of the thirty UDHR rights as the basic inspiration for his or her story, and the result is an anthology that contains a complete mix of thoughtful, serious, funny and thrilling stories that provide some completely unexpected takes on the issue of human rights.

    Published in association with Amnesty International, Freedom is an eclectic collection that will prompt readers to engage imaginatively with what human rights mean for all of us.' (Publisher's blurb)
    Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishers , 2011
    pg. 217-228
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    y separately published work icon The Intervention : An Anthology Rosie Scott (editor), Anita Heiss (editor), Sydney : Concerned Australians , 2015 8558458 2015 anthology poetry essay prose

    'In this historic anthology, award-winning writers Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss have gathered together the work of twenty of Australian’s finest writers both Indigenous and non-Indigenous together with powerful statements from Northern Territory Elders to bring a new dimension and urgency to an issue that has remained largely outside the public radar...' (Source: Booktopia website)

    Sydney : Concerned Australians , 2015
    pg. 232-244
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