Ouyang Yu came to Australia in early 1991 and has since published 52 books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, literary translation and criticism in English and Chinese. He also edits Australia’s only Chinese literary journal, Otherland (since 1995). His noted books include; his award-winning novel, The Eastern Slope Chronicle (2002), his collections of poetry, Songs of the Last Chinese Poet (1997), The Kingsbury Tales (2008) and On the Smell of an Oily Rag: speaking English, thinking Chinese and living Australian (2008). His translations in Chinese include; The Female Eunuch (1991) and The Man Who Loved Children (1998).In 2009, Yu had four books published in China including a translation in Chinese of The Masterpiece by Anna Enquist, a Dutch novelist. In 2010, he has two English novels forthcoming, Loose: a Wild History and The English Class, which, together with his first English novel, The Easter Slope Chronicle, will form the Yellow Town Trilogy, as well as two translations in China.Yu is now based in Melbourne.