Lucinda Holdforth
Lucinda lives in Sydney and is a speechwriter. She has been a researcher at ABC Television, an official in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, speechwriter to former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley, and a communications specialist for a management consulting firm. Her articles and columns have been published in Australian newspapers and magazines. True Pleasures was released in Canada and the USA by Greystone Books in 2005. http://www.lucindaholdforth.com/
News and Blog
Day five of the festival is a big one with sessions including Gail Jones, Mike Carlton, Anita Heiss, Suelette Dreyfus, Frank Moorhouse, Matt Condon, Craig Cliff, James Fergusson, Lucinda Holdforth and Fatima Bhutto. Session one with Gail Jones was all about Sydney - looking at three different ways it has been represented in literature by three very different authors. Gail's latest book,...
Books by Lucinda Holdforth
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Why Manners Matter: The Case for Civilised Behaviour in a Barbarous World
by Lucinda HoldforthPublished: 01/05/2010
The case for civilized behaviour in a barbarous world.
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True Pleasures: A Memoir Of Women In Paris
by Lucinda HoldforthPublished: 01/04/2004
'Living and loving in Paris - what more could a woman want? This enchanting memoir recalls the highs and lows of women through the ages - a splendid read.' - Margaret Whitlam'This is a treasure hunt of a book. Lucinda Holdforth's passionate portraits draw us deep into the lives of these supremely feminine characters, and along the way, reacquaints even the most jaded Parisian with this supremely feminine city. For readers, True Pleasures is a an absorbing literary voyage — for Lucinda, we suspect, it’s also one of self-discovery.' - Charla Carter - Paris Editor, Vogue Australia
