After a book launch in town last year that saw hundreds line up, bundles of books in hand, to meet him, literary legend Tom Keneally will return to Cowra as a part of the 70th anniversary commemorations for the Japanese Prisoner of War Breakout next month.
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As well as being a guest speaker at the keynote luncheon that culminates the Anniversary; Mr Keneally has also agreed to visit local schools with Breakout survivors to discuss the social, cultural, and human aspects of the greatest military breakout of the Second World War.
The Breakout made such an impression on the world-renowned author of such works as Schindler's Ark, (made as the movie, Schindler's List) that last year he launched his latest work, Shame and the Captives on Cowra.
The novel is a dramatised account of a Breakout of Japanese Prisoners of War in the fictional town of Gawell and is based on the events at Cowra 70 years ago.
Also tipped to be a highlight of the commemorations is the Australian theatrical premiere of renowned Japanese play; Cowra No Honcho Kaigi (Honchos Meeting in Cowra), presented by the Rinkogun Theater Company, Tokyo.
