Bernard Cohen (born 1963) is an Australian writer, the author of five novels and a children's picture book.
Bernard Cohen (born 1963) is an Australian writer, the author of five novels and a children's picture book.
In 2006 Cohen founded The Writing Workshop, which runs creative writing programs for children in New South Wales, and via the internet. [1] Cohen's short stories have been widely anthologised, including in the Penguin Century of Australian Stories, Best Australian Stories 2002 and 2009 and Picador New Writing. From 1990 to 1991 he was co-editor of the literary journal Editions Review. ====
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Other publications
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