The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Each day brings new writing opportunities into my email inbox whether from Amherst Writers & Artists group leaders, past workshop leaders, or more formal organizations such as Writers Studio. I toyed with the idea of signing up … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Several writing instructors are now offering free online writing sessions to help us all deal with these trying times of the coronavirus. Check your local area for these, especially those affiliated with the Amherst Writers & Artists … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Announcing the First Annual “Chaiku” Contest | Guest Post by Amy LosakAbout a year and a half ago, thanks to the connective power of social media, several accomplished and award-winning Jewish women’s authors of books for children decided to form a group: The Book Meshuggenahs! We now have 16 members, and … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour | Final StopYou’ve now come to the final stop along the 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour, the culmination of a full week of insightful and inspiring award-winning author and illustrator interviews. Read about the blog tour and all 2020 … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I had grand plans to work on my genealogical memoir by taking a Creative Nonfiction advanced memoir class. But that was before the semester started. I just can’t get into my personal writing space at the moment … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History by Annette GendlerGendler, Annette. How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History. 2019, $8.95 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted your interest in your own family’s history? Annette Gendler (AG): Two things: When I fell in love with a Jewish man in … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- AJL Announces 2020 Sydney Taylor Book AwardsFor More Information Contact: Rebecca Levitan, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Association of Jewish Libraries www.sydneytaylorbookawards.org sydneytaylorbookaward@jewishlibraries.org January 27, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Announced Winners of the annual Sydney Taylor Book Award were … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Crushing the Red Flowers by Jennifer Voigt KaplanKaplan, Jennifer Voigt. Crushing the Red Flowers. Ig Publishing, 2019. 308 pp., $12.95 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write Crushing the Red Flowers? Jennifer Voight Kaplan (JVK): Crushing the Red Flowers is a middle-grade story set in … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: The Jewish Book Council has just announced its 2019 winners. I agree with some choices, like Michael Dobbs’s Unwanted and, of course, Lesléa Newman’s Gittel’s Journey. But another book that won I thought lacked any authenticity. Sigh. … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Two-in-One Author’s Notebook | Essie’s Revelation Summer by Deanie Yasner with Publisher Nancy SayreYasner, Deanie. Essie Rose’s Revelation Summer. Golden Alley Press, 2019, 241 pp. $8.99. The Whole Megillah (TWM): Essie Rose’s Revelation Summer captures so many historical (and emotional) details. How much of those came from your memory vs. research? How much … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Announcing the 2011 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour
Mark your calendars from February 6-11 to visit your favorite blogs and read interviews with this year’s Sydney Taylor Book Award and Honor Award recipients! The Whole Megillah will be hosting a wrap-up roundtable with all the winners on February … Continue reading
The Whole Megillah Contest Update
For all those interested in The Whole Megillah YA Novel Contest: Please do not use the e-mail address in my original post. Instead, please send your entries to barbarakrasner@yahoo.com.
Librarian’s Notebook | Joyce Levine
Joyce Levine earned her library degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She worked as a children’s librarian at the Great Neck Public Library and as an elementary school librarian at a Solomon Schechter Day School. She established two new … Continue reading
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Tagged Association of Jewish Libraries, Hush, Joyce Levine, North Shore Hebrew Academy
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Editor’s Notebook | Jeanne Elders DeWaard, Eerdmans
Jeanne Elders DeWaard began her career in the adult division at Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. in the early 1990s, then left to complete a Ph.D. in American literature. She taught college literature for a number of years and pursued … Continue reading
Jewish Book Council Announces 2010 National Jewish Book Award Winners
The Jewish Book Council announced the 2010 National Jewish Book Award winners today. Here are the winners in the children’s and young adult literature categories: Children’s and Young Adult Literature Winner: Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Book Council, Louis Posner award, National Jewish Book Awards
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2011 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners
The Association of Jewish Libraries announced the winners of the 2011 Sydney Taylor Book Award winners today: Howard Schwartz and Kristina Swarner, author and illustrator of Gathering Sparks, Barry Deutsch, author and illustrator of Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, … Continue reading
Editor’s Notebook | Joni Sussman, Kar-Ben
Joni Sussman is the Publisher at Kar-Ben Publishing, a division of Lerner Publishing Group. Kar-Ben’s concentration is Jewish content picture books for children, both fiction and non-fiction for preschool through approximately 6th grade, including holiday books, life-cycle stories, Bible tales, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish children's books, Joni Sussman, Kar-Ben, Lerner Publishing
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