Books Authored by Lesley
Know Their Names
The Queensland Government’s Aboriginal Workers and the system that exploited them.
Wharfie
The extraordinary life story of a Brisbane waterside worker who lived for a century and tried to make the world a better place.
When Giuseppe Met Jackie
It’s August 1962 – the summer that Jackie Kennedy famously takes a vacation in Ravello. She’s left the president behind in the USA as well as the spectre of Marilyn Monroe. But will an entanglement with the great Italian novelist Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and his cousins who are also visiting Ravello, derail everything?
Cry Ma Ma to the Moon
A love triangle unravels in the forests of eastern Australia - a story of trees and poetry, blueberries and potions, of men, women and passion.
Signora Bella’s Grand Tour
A poet enamoured with Basho’s haiku explores Italy one magical summer, beginning on a stony beach in Sicily. Part travel-diary, part manifesto, Signora Bella’s Grand Tour is a celebration of La Dolce Vita.
Mountains Belong to the People Who Love Them: Slow Journeys in South Korea and Eastern Australia
A mother and son go adventuring in the spirit of Zen. Nature writing in poetry and prose with photographs by the author & nature-loving friends.
Organic Sister
A woman’s life story in poetry - wry, comedic, quirky, joyful, deft, with black & white drawings by the inimitable Donald Greenfield.