...the assumptions found in previous studies of Australian literary expatriation during the post-World War II generation do not necessarily hold true in their case (Britain; Conrad). According to this analysis, literary expatriation is explained by the desire to associate with the established centres of cultural production, in particular London, with its strong attraction as both an imperial capital and an established centre for literary excellence and global publishing. ...studies of literary expatriation have focused most often on the United Kingdom (Alomes; Morton; Bennett and Pender), although, as Peter Conrad argued in his 2004 Boyer Lectures, more recently there has been a shift in the focus of expatriation with the emergence of other global capitals, in particular New York, which have joined and even replaced London as preferred destinations for the ambitious literary expatriate. ...they face the expatriate's worst fear-of being stranded between cultures, bereft of home or purpose.