Cheng Lei on China and Freedom
PEN Sydney in collaboration with Gleebooks will host an event marking the Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
Journalist Cheng Lei and writer Benjamin Law will discuss Lei’s three years and two months spent in a Beijing prison where she was falsely accused of espionage.
Her book, “A Memoir of Freedom”, is harrowing, fierce and darkly humorous. It is about the power of the human spirit; bravery in the face of cruelty and pettiness; the consolations of letters, music and books; and how unexpected friendships and the love of family can unlock the courage we all have within us to prevail.