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Leah Kaminsky Leah Kaminsky

Work

Books Poetry Short Stories Literary Non-Fiction Regular Columns Profiles Book Reviews Readings Conferences Films Awards

Poetry

Eucalyptus Dreaming in Anthology ‘Forever Eve’, NCJW. 2002

The Turtle Comes Up for Air & Letter to William Carlos Williams in Quadrant Magazine ed Les Murray 2007

My Father Crosses Acland Street, 1987 – John Shaw Neilson Poetry Award 2007 – Second Place (Federation of Australian Writers national literary awards) also published in prizewinners anthology

The Envelope Please, 2007

Here and There, 1991 Cordite Review 2008

Stitching Things Together – Max Harris Poetry Awards 2008 – commended

Mr Potato Head & the Middle East Crisis – poem of the month January 2010, Australian Poetry Centre website

Stitching Things Together – February 2010, Up the Staircase Literary Review, USA

Still Life with Children forthcoming December 2010, Antipodes USA

How to Lumbar Puncture a Child forthcoming CHEST, Pectoriloquy, USA 2010

Days of Usefulness forthcoming Islet magazine, 2010

Dealing the Cards & Shivering Wings of a Bee forthcoming Divan 2010

Stitching Things Together selected for Varuna-Picaro Anthology 2010

Short Stories

 

Please Gawd filmed and presented at Hamer Hall, Melbourne Arts Centre 23/4/2007

Vacant Possession – commissioned by Linden Gallery, (catalogue for Phobia Exhibition) 2009

Silent Night in Scribblers on the Roof, USA 2009

Tahirih in Transnational Literature, Volume 2, Issue 1, November 2009 (http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2328/7939/1/Tahirih.pdf)

Literary Non-Fiction Articles

The Age: Article on Happiness 18/03/2017

The Griffith Review May 2012 ‘The Fish Council’

The Griffith Review 2011 ‘Tunnel Vision of the Soul’

 

A Land of Milk, Blood & Tears in The Age March 2002 – piece about living in Israel during the intifada.

Saint or Sinner interview Tom Keneally, Australian Jewish News 2008

Interview with Ethan Canin, Australian Jewish News August 2009

Regular Columns

Matters of the Heart in The Australian Jewish News 2006-2009

Profiles

 

GP Research in Australian Doctor 11/2005

Book Reviews

Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, January, 201

 

Readings

Molly Bloom’s Readings (FAW) April 2002

Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival 2008 – on panel with Arnold Zable & Diane Armstrong

Tmol Shilshom reading with Evan Fallenberg. 31/12/2008. Jerusalem.

Tashmadada’s Director’s Cut – Café Loco & ACMI lounge, 2009

Baby Black Café, 20/12/2009 poetry reading with Jennie Fraine

Storytelling at the Dog’s Bar St Kilda June 17th 2010

Conferences

Doctor’s Who Workshop at Varuna March 10th 2012 cofacilitator with Dr Hilton Koppe

RACGP Women’s Conference 23/4/2006 – I ran a weekend creative writing workshop for doctors

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Les Murray at the Victorian Writer’s Centre 29/3/2007

Grace Marion Wilson Masterclass 2009 for published writers, headed by writer and teacher Antoni Jach

Panel Chair – Melbourne Writers’ Festival August 2009. Pen vs Stethoscope , with panelists Ethan Canin, Peter Goldsworty and Jacinta Halloran (physician-writers)

Organised visit of Robin Hemley to Varuna and Victorian Writeres’ Centre for creative non-fiction masterclass and workshop December 2009

Organised evening Lee Gutkind in Conversation with Peter Bishop at Glenfern Writers’ Centre June 2010 (Tashmadada in conjunction with VWC)

Writing and the Body workshop – Victorian Writers’ Centre forthcoming 4/12/2010

Films

Australian Story – Cracking the Code, October 2014

Interview by Dr Grant Blashki for RACGP for video Men & Suicide

Please Gawd -short film by director Deborah Leiser Moore and filmmaker Guy Dvir Ovadia of writer presenting her short story. Screened at Victorian Arts Centre, 23/4/2007

© 2018 Leah Kaminsky