AustLit

Sonia Mycak reports on research involving interviews with 52 multicultural writers, in which each was asked about 'their writing history, the type of material they write, the language in which they write, subject matter, theme, their intention, what motivates them to write, who their audience is, publication, financial and other kinds of support, the influence of Australian literature on their writing, how they see themselves and the impact of immigration upon their work' (p. 15). Mycak points out that many of these writers 'experience a significant dislocation from mainstream Australian literary culture - they do not feel a part of it, and do not receive any acknowledgement from it. They are aware of it; it does not appear to know them' (p. 17).