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Award winning author and legal academic Andre Dao discusses his family background and his debut novel ‘Anam’ – 29th July 2023
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Robert and Loretta discuss the importance of opening lines. They then interview Andre Dao about his Vietnamese background and the mammoth effort of taking twelve years to complete his debut novel ‘Anam’. Robert and Loretta then discuss The Migrant Experience and which Australian writers have written about this.
** Part of our interview with Andre did not go to air due to technical difficulties whilst on air, our apologies**
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