Author, mentor, writing teacher and speaker
All serious writers I know can name literary influences that have shaped their emotional landscapes, linguistic sensibilities, writing themes, literary tastes and perhaps even worldviews.
British novelist Ian McEwan, for example, cites Phillip Larkin’s poetry as his major influence, saying …
Really enjoyed doing this interview for Writers Victoria about writing grounded in time and place http://writersvictoria.org.au/news-views/post/writing-time-and-place-q-a-with-lee-kofman/#cmt278399
I’m teaching a class on writing time and place in fiction and creative non-fiction at Writers Victoria in April. Details here:
http://writersvictoria.org.au/what-s-on/event/writing-time-and-place…
‘Writing Time and Place’ two-day course for fiction and creative nonfiction writers at Writers Victoria. More details here http://writersvictoria.org.au/what-s-on/event/writing-time-and-place/
‘Developing a book-long manuscript’ will commence in September. Contact Lee for details.…
A few years ago, I had a weekly column in China Daily, the Chinese Communist Party’s English Language newspaper, in which I gently poked fun at a number of things that I saw in everyday life here in Tianjin. At …
Six years ago, after several years of working on a novel I’d provisionally titled The Russian Book of Lost Love, I discovered that it is possible to kill your own book. If you, too, contemplate murder, here are some …
Lee’s memoir The Dangerous Bride is out with MUP in October and was included on Jane Sullivan’s 2014 mustread books http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/next-chapter-mustread-books-for-2014-20140102-306j8.html…