Leonora Meriel
@leonorameriel.bsky.social
Writer of literary, contemporary, speculative & historical fiction
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
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
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
Dream come true of visiting Tokyo: as strange, vibrant, inspiring and beautiful as I had imagined. #writingmotivation #writinglife
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
Beautiful Cape Town protea given to celebrate my book about #SouthAfrica by my lovely husband Dan, to whom the book is dedicated.
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
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.”