AustLit logo
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Frank Moorhouse Boycotts China Tour with PEN’s Support
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Award winning writer Frank Moorhouse made a tough decision earlier this year when he was scheduled to visit China with a group of fellow Australian writers. Moorhouse, a member of Sydney PEN's eminent Writers Advisory Panel, withdrew from the tour arranged by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as a protest against the 11-year sentence handed down to Chinese writerand Honorary Member of Sydney PEN, Liu Xiaobo, on Christmas Day 2009.'(3)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Last amended 6 Feb 2012 14:12:41
3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-38493-20111210-0354-pen.org.au/static/files/assets/a08c61a7/PEN_May_2010.pdf Frank Moorhouse Boycotts China Tour with PEN’s Supportsmall AustLit logo Sydney Pen Magazine
X