Leon writes non-fiction articles and essays, with a particular focus on book reviews and literary culture. She has been reviewing since her teens and likes nothing better than trying to persuade you to pick up a good book. Much of this work was done under a different version of her name, but rest assured it is all by the same person.
Review of the Oscar Wilde Temple for the White Review
Round-up of queer and trans* fiction for the Brixton Review of Books
Another Gaze, review of Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience (2017)
Personal essay for the White Review on intimacy, friendship and writing about lesbians
3:AM Magazine essay on The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
TLS review of Reading the Times by Randall Stevenson
TLS review of four non-fiction books on medieval historians and historiography
TLS review of The Medieval Invention of Travel by Shayne Aaron Legassie
Bookseller, article about LGBTQ+ representation in publishing
Review 31, review of Is Monogamy Dead? by Rosie Wilby and Slutever by Karley Sciortino
Review 31, review of Attrib. by Eley Williams
Review 31, review of Strange Heart Beating by Eli Goldstone
Review 31, review of This Young Monster by Charlie Fox
Literary Review, review of Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Literary Review, review of The Table of Less Valued Knights by Marie Phillips
Literary Review, review of I Refuse by Per Petterson
the-toast.net ‘How To Tell If You’re In A Viking Saga’
Independent, TV review of Versailles
Vice article about the media’s treatment of Amy Winehouse before and after her death
UCL magazine Pi, fim review of Coriolanus and Carnage
Older Journalism
Jewish Chronicle, review of Robin Wasserman’s Skinned
The Times, review of Louise Rennison’s Angus, Thongs… series
Guardian, article about kickboxing vs. ballet
Here is a list of topics Leon is keen to write about, please feel free to get in touch if you have a commission:
Book reviews
Visual Art
Cinema
Theatre
Medieval and Early Modern topics for a general readership
LGBTQ+ community
Travel
Publishing
Feminism