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5 September 2005

Shanghai Dancing

by Brian Castro

Abridged by Gail MacCallum
Reader: Yves Stening

Shanghai Dancing is a fictional autobiography. Told from an Australian perspective, it is based on Brian Castro's family's life in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau from the 1930s to 1960s. Drawing on memory, stories, family myths and secrets, it is about the twists and turns of fiction and family history.

Production: Anne Wynter

Concludes 30th September