Sunday, 23rd of November, 2003

Perth author Greg Egan is pretty much universally considered the apex of hard science fiction writing the world over. For the last couple of years, however, he's hardly written any science fiction at all. Why? He's been devoting his energies to publicising the plight of refugees in Australia. In early 2002 he wrote a piece called No Sugar, and he's now followed it up with The Razor Wire Looking Glass – essential reading.

A Just Australia, who Greg links to, are holding Daybreak in Detention events around Australia; one's happening on December 12-14 at Bondi Pavillion. I'll be there for some of it, and I hope lots of other will too.

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