Bernard Cohen, Author

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Bernard Cohen is the author of:
When I Saw the Animal (short story collection, UQP, 2018),
The Antibiography of Robert F. Menzies (novel, 4th Estate, 2013 — winner of the 2015 Russell Prize for Humour Writing),
Paul Needs Specs (picture book, Penguin Australia 2003; Kane/Miller USA 2004; Booxen Korea 2009),
Hardly Beach Weather (novel, Flamingo, 2002),
Snowdome (novel, Allen & Unwin, 1998),
The Blindman's Hat (novel, Allen & Unwin, 1997 — winner of the
Australian/Vogel Literary Award),
and Tourism (novel, Picador, 1992).
He co-authored Speedfactory and was words person for the multimedia installation Foreign Logics.

Several of Bernard's shorter pieces are out there, and you can read them here.
Here is a picture of Salman Rushdie presenting Bernard with an Arts Council of England Writer's Award.

In 2006, Bernard founded The Writing Workshop, Australia's leading specialist workshop in creative writing for young humans. Since then he has taught creative writing to over 80,000 children and young people. Please visit The Writing Workshop website for information and enrolments.