David Walker (Author)
David Walker is an Australian historian who holds Honorary
Professorships at the University of Melbourne, Western Sydney
University and Deakin University. From 2013-2016 he was the
inaugural BHP Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University,
Beijing. For many years he has studied Australia's responses to
Asia. His books include Anxious Nation- Australia and the rise of
Asia, 1850-1939; Stranded Nation- White Australia in an Asian
Region and (with Louise Johnson and Tanja Luckins) The Story of
Australia- a new History of People and Place.
Li Yao (Author)
Li Yao is a member of the Chinese Writers' Association who teaches
translation at Peking University. He has translated more than
thirty Australian books into Chinese ranging from novels and
memoirs to children's literature, work that has been acknowledged
by the award of honorary doctorates from the University of Sydney
and by Western Sydney University where he is an adjunct Professor.
He has received many prizes including a life-long achievement award
from the Foundation for Australian Studies in China (FASIC).
"A richly textured double autobiography, a travel memoir and a quest for identity ... unfailingly absorbing"--THE AUSTRALIAN "An inspiring and insightful story of our times. " --ALEXIS WRIGHT " Sometimes droll, often poignant, always engaging, Happy Together is a story of parallel lives, contrasting national histories and an enriching cross-cultural friendship." --GRAEME DAVISON
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