Before I wrote my first novel, The Star on the Grave, I was an advertising copywriter by profession. But I had always wanted to write something significant. A movie.
In 2008 I decided the time had come to record my …
Unmasking
Once upon a time, I began my writing life the way all writers did in my dinosaur days (the 80s) – as a fiction writer. Or that was what I thought I was. ‘What you’ve written is a diary,’ the …
It was great to wake up to the 3rd last day of 2018 and find my new book, Imperfect, at The Age… Many other interesting books on the list. 2019 will be a good year for reading.…
My favorite literature is always fleshy, embodied, pulsing with blood. I try writing like this myself too. I recently spoke about all this to Writers Victoria. The interview is available here.…
The Canberra Book Launch of my new work Imperfect is on 17th February at Muse: Food, Wine & Books. More details to come.…
https://leekofman.com.au/events/canberra-book-launch-of-my-new-work-imperfect/
Looking for Self in a Bibliomemoir: Guest Post by Jane Sullivan
One of those ever-popular media stories about writers is the ‘Books that Changed Me’ feature. Writers are asked to name outstanding books in their reading memory that have wrought some deep change. Often they name the great classics: War and …