Barbara Kamler came to Australia in 1972 as a traveller, with no thought of building a life or career here. She is a Melbourne-based poet and author of creative non-fiction, as well as eight academic book titles and numerous essays. Her most recent collection Sophie (Ginninderra Press, 2024), creates a multi-voiced collage of prose vignettes and photographs to tell the story of her spirited grandmother, who fled the pogroms of Poland at age 14, and ventured to New York City on her own.
Barbara Kamler
