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David Leser
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    • Richard Fidler interviews David Leser on Radio National

      Date: July 8, 2014
      Filed Under: Media Uncategorised
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      Tags: Bernard Leser, Conde Nast, david leser, father-son memoir, memoir, Vogue magazine

      A View from the Lake

      Date: June 3, 2014
      Publisher: Random House
      Filed Under: Books Uncategorised
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      Tags: Egon Zehnder, Executive Search, Headhunters, Leadership, Switzerland, Zurich

      To Begin To Know

      Date: June 25, 2014
      Publisher: Allen & Unwin
      Filed Under: Books Uncategorised
      A deeply moving and searingly honest memoir about fathers and sons.
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      Tags: Bernard Leser, david leser, memoir, Nazi Germany, Vogue Australia

      Bear in the Boardroom

      Date: July 14, 2013
      Filed Under: Articles Business, Cover Stories, Profiles
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      Tags: Mark Carnegie, Sir Roderick Carnegie

      Paul Kelly: The Essays

      Date: June 19, 2013
      Publisher: Shark Island
      Filed Under: Books Uncategorised
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      Tags: Alex McGregor, Ian Darling, Jordan Leser, Martin Flanagan, Paul Kelly, Toby Creswell

      The Da Vinci Mode

      Date: August 25, 2012
      Filed Under: Articles Cover Stories, Profiles, Social
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      Tags: Byron Bay, Cults, Good Weekend, Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine

      The Biggest Hit

      Date: July 21, 2012
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Cover Stories
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      Tags: Colin Hay, Down Under, Greg Ham, Men At Work, Plagiarism

      Former CIA agent Glenn Carle at Sydney Writers' Festival

      Date: June 12, 2012
      Filed Under: Public interviews Uncategorised
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      Tags: Al Qaeda, CIA, david leser, Glenn Carle, Osama bin Laden, Sydney Writers' Festival, terrorism, The Interrogator, US intelligence

      David Leser and George Negus interviewed on ethics in Journalism

      Filed Under: Media Uncategorised
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      Tags: Craig Thompson, Fairfax, Investigative Journalism, Leveson, Media Ethics, Tabloid media

      High Flyer

      Date: May 26, 2012
      Filed Under: Articles Business, Profiles
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      Tags: Adara, Adara Partners, Audette Exel, Philanthropy
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David Leser

Richard Fidler interviews David Leser on Radio National

In 2014, following publication of my memoir To Begin to Know: Walking in the Shadows of my Father, I...
Jul 8, 2014

A View from the Lake

“What does an emotionally intelligent organisation look like?”, Daniel Goleman asked his...
Mar 11, 2014

To Begin To Know

“Wasn’t that the whole point of being alive? To ask the right questions, not just as a j...
Mar 11, 2014

Bear in the Boardroom

Mark Carnegie is not your average investment banker. He has called for higher taxes for the rich, fo...
Jul 14, 2013

Paul Kelly: The Essays

Paul Kelly’s songs are stories set to chord patterns and melodies. They are sketches of city a...
Mar 17, 2013

The Da Vinci Mode

He claims to be Leonardo reincarnated, and to hold the secrets to good health. His supporters are co...
Aug 25, 2012

The Biggest Hit

In the early 1980s, a catchy flute riff helped to propel Men At Work’s Down Under to the top o...
Jul 21, 2012

Former CIA agent Glenn Carle at Sydney Writers’ Festival

Glenn Carle says he would not use physical torture when interrogating a supposed top al Qaeda operat...
Jun 12, 2012

David Leser and George Negus interviewed on ethics in Journalism

Here’s my recent chat with George Negus on ABC North Coast radio with Joanne Shoebridge. We di...
Jun 10, 2012

High Flyer

She built a career on making millions for the rich, but her true achievement has been using her lega...
May 26, 2012
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For general inquiries contact Jane Novak Literary Agency: jane@janenovak.com

For public speaking events contact Lucy Broome at Speaking Out Agency:  lucy@speakingout.com.au

For school events contact Lauris Pandolfini at Booked Out Agency: lauris@bookedout.com.au

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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