In early 2007, Syndey PEN commissioned 'The 3 Writers Project', a series of essays and public lectures in which three of our leading and acclaimed writers - Christos Tsiolkas, Gideon Haigh and Alexis Wright - tackled topics of vital importance to contemporary Australia: tolerance, prejudice and fear. This impassioned and provocative trinity of essays, introduced by Nobel Laureate, J. M. Coetzee, is testament to the linguistic power and fierce intellect of these significant writers.