Christine Leonard — writer, indie author, editor.

Christine Leonard, author

Christine Leonard, author

Biography

Christine is an Australian indie author who was born in Papua New Guinea, and grew up on the island of Bougainville.

Drawn to social history and non-fiction, Christine is a regular blogger with the Genealogy Society of Queensland (GSQ) and other family history sites. Her first serious writing project was a book on her paternal Wall family, featuring William Wall who was transported in 1835 to the colony of Van Diemen’s Land. Titled The Wall Family weaving the threads of memories, the book is in its second print run with E-books available through Kobo and the Leonard Stories website.

Another project saw Christine editing, and contributing with additional stories, to the memoir written by the late Fr Franz Miltrup sm, a German priest who spent 50 years in Bougainville from 1938. Fr Miltrup died in 1996 after writing his memoir in Tok Pisin. Christine helped Fr Harry Moore sm translate the manuscript into English after which she edited it, to publish When the Garamuts Beat—A Memoir Of Fifty Years In Bougainville. This title is available through the Leonard Stories website. A PDF version is also available.

In between short stories, blogs, and literary projects with Women Writers Queensland such as the anthology The Dinner, Christine edits a 64-page quarterly journal for the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia called PNG Kundu.


Gallery of Bougainville photos

Best regards from my Instagram posts

Borrowing this photo from our WWQ lunch last week. Madly trying to finish the 2nd draft of a biography for yet another edition and possible restructure. This could be tedious but I'm really enjoying it. The big problem is setting on a title
It's been a busy week, must be getting close to Christmas. Three consecutive days on the mainland after two weeks island-bound. Lovely day catching up with friends of Women Writers Queensland for our AGM and a festive lunch. Their writing journeys in
It was a steamy afternoon last week when I attended author conversations at Bribie Island's Community Arts Centre, meeting @tmclark_author and Anne Millen. There's always something to learn chatting with and hearing about authors' journeys. A prodig
My connection to 'The Valley' from the 1850s - read my blog at https://www.leonardstories.com/indie-author-edit-memoir/my-connection-to-the-valley-from-the-late-1850s
Can't wait to get into Dreams of My Russian Summers arrived on Friday's post, and still reading Poppy by Drusilla Modjeska. Hard to find this book so I treasure it. Spacing out the read to make it last
A great day today launching Women Writers Queensland's Anthology. The book is titled 'The Dinner' as every story starts with 'It was a dinner none of us would ever forget', hence us donning aprons! My story, on page 116, is based on a true story told
Warrnambool & District Historical Society has refurbished the Pioneer Board, listing the images and names of 204 pioneers. My 2 x gr grandfather William Wall, is in the top LH corner. William is the subject of my first book - on the Wall family,
The Wall book enjoying a home in St George library. Beautiful library it is too.
Sharing stories, learning, selling books, swapping books with authors in Charleville Queensland, on the road with @womenwritersqld. Centre photo L-R @toni_risson, Ian Pike who wrote an amazing Australian story, & me holding one of my books back t
Travelling with my writer's group Women Writers Queensland on a road trip to Central Queensland visiting rural women writers in regional towns - Write Out West!