True accounts of life's many journeys

The mood is upbeat at the Australian Embassy in Beijing in the run-up to the third edition of the Australian Writers' Week (AWW) in China, due to run in Beijing and Chengdu, from March 8 to 14.

Ambassador Geoff Raby, who kick-started the annual sojourn of some of Australia's most distinguished literary voices to Chinese shores, is visibly delighted with the captivatingly diverse range of authors he will be presenting to a Chinese audience.

Besides appearing at The Bookworm events in Beijing and Chengdu, the writers will interact with young people at Renmin University, Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Xihua University and The National Library of China.