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Leonora Meriel
@leonorameriel.bsky.social
Writer of literary, contemporary, speculative & historical fiction
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'Sharing my ideas through the creative process of writing fiction has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my professional life.'

Building Worlds, Bridging Ideas: Author Russell Luyt on how The Midnight Factory was born . . .

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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In October this year I published my father’s first book on Franz Schubert – an account of what happened to the manuscripts of some of the world’s greatest music after the composer’s death. A work of scholarship and passion and described as “a riveting read” by Professor Richard Stokes
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Happy to share a lovely review of Mbaqanga Nights in the September issue of @Jazzwise magazine - thank you so much @Jazzwise team and Kevin Whitlock!

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Jazz Book Reviews: September 2025
Ray Brown: His Life and Music; Lee Berk: Leading the Berklee Way; Mbaqanga Nights
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September 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Dream come true of visiting Tokyo: as strange, vibrant, inspiring and beautiful as I had imagined. #writingmotivation #writinglife
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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'As writers, we need to be confident about the power and skill of our writing to convey something that excites us in many different forms'

How to navigate writing about real-life people by @leonorameriel.bsky.social 💙📚

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February 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Delighted to be interviewed by the @jewishtelegraph to talk about Ukraine and its Jewish history and present and my new book with parallel themes of #Ukraine and #Southafrica
February 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Got a very special gift for my book launch from the person who produced this incredible album of the African Jazz Pioneers. The AJPs are at the heart of my novel set in #SouthAfrica and #Ukraine and their music is the sound of SA apartheid resistance. It’s going to be hanging in my writing room.
February 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A really wonderful Book Launch Party for Mbaqanga Nights: plenty of mbaqanga music, dancing, #SouthAfrican wine and book talk. The perfect start for Book Number 4.
February 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Beautiful Cape Town protea given to celebrate my book about #SouthAfrica by my lovely husband Dan, to whom the book is dedicated.
February 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thrilled to announce my latest novel, Mbaqanga Nights, is live today! An amazing story of jazz in South Africa; and emigration from Ukraine, Kirkus Reviews has called it a “A time-jumping… story of oppression and resilience.”
February 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Delighted to be here on Blue Sky and about to search for some fellow writers and lovely readers!
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM