text: Australian Literature in Translation
  Last night in Tokyo a new book series was launched, of Australian literature in Japanese translation. The first in the series is David Malouf's Remembering Babylon. This is the novel which was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Miles Franklin prizes, and tells the story of a boy raised partly by Aborigines: a boy caught between cultures. We discover why Japan has a strong interest in contemporary rather than classic Australian literature and culture.
  - Prof Kate Darian-Smith
  - Australian historian, University of Melbourne
  - Bruce Miller
  - Australia's ambassador to Japan
  - Kate Evans