The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m on a week’s break from Gratz, but instead of filling it with my own creative writing, I’ll be grading student compositions. The October Writing Chai prompt goes out on Friday. If interested in participating, send me … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m thinking about Nanowrimo to work on a novel I abandoned in 2011. Anyone thinking about participating? This “event” motivates you to write 50,000 words during the month of November at a rate of about 1700 words … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Notes | Leshone ToyveThree quick things: The late composition guru Donald Murray reminds me to think of the first draft as the discovery draft and the second draft as the developmental draft. For more, see his Write to Learn. My Yiddish studies are … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Editorial work has begun on my middle-grade novel-in-verse, 37 Days, about the voyage of the doomed MS St. Louis in 1939. The publisher is Kar-Ben. So far, so good! In teaching freshman composition, I’m reminded of Anne … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- The Whole Megillah Announces Writing Chai!Writing Chai is a new, eighteen-month program of prompts from The Whole Megillah. Each month (on the 18th) members of the Writing Chai community will receive a prompt and have access to a private Facebook page to post their writing, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: No sooner did I send my work out do I begin to receive rejections. Form email rejections. Did they even read my work? Oy. I signed up for a free online course with the esteemed emerita Harvard … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Challah Girl by Bracha K. SharpThe Challah Girl by Bracha K. Sharp, illustrated by Anita Tung, Mosaica Press, 2019 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write this story? Bracha K. Sharp (BKS): At first, it was actually more of a case regarding who … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I said I would and I did: I sent some of my poetry out into the world over the Labor Day weekend. I’d still like to send out more. I sent a new YA historical novel to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m dedicating Labor Day to send some poetry out into the world. I wanted to use part of the weekend to revise a novella, but given other commitments, that’s just not going to happen. My Yiddish class … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Stay tuned for the September 18 launch of a new writing program from The Whole Megillah. It’s called Writing Chai, an eighteen-month program of writing prompts and sharing with an intense eighteen days of prompts starting December … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Tag Archives: Jewish Book Council
Read and Post a Review for 2016’s Readukkah
From Heidi Rabinowitz: The Association of Jewish Libraries and the Jewish Book Council present the second annual reading challenge for Jewish readers of all ages, #Readukkah! To participate, all you have to do is read one #JewLit book and post your review to the event discussion board on … Continue reading
June 2016 Jewish Book Carnival
The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: From Shiloh Musings, Batya Medad reviews Witness to History by Sybil Kaplan. Medad calls it an amazing book of modern Israeli history … Continue reading
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January 2015 Jewish Book Carnival
The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: The Fig Tree Books blog reflects on diversity within American Jewish literature. On My Machberet, Erika Dreifus looks back on her year in Jewish books. … Continue reading
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April 2014 Jewish Book Carnival
The Whole Megillah once again hosts the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: On My Machberet, Erika Dreifus hosts Molly Antopol, author of the story collection The UnAmericans, for a Q&A. On the Jewish Book Council’s “The Prosen People,” … Continue reading
Fourteenth Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference
Registration is now open for the Fourteenth Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference! Where: Jewish Book Council, 520 Eighth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC When: Sunday, November 18 This conference is a staple for Jewish children’s writers. For more … Continue reading
2011 National Jewish Book Awards
This week the Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the 2011 National Jewish Book Awards. Children’s books received recognition in two categories: Louis Posner Memorial Award for Illustrated Children’s Books Children’s and Young Adult Literature Mazel tov to the … Continue reading
December 2011 Jewish Book Carnival
The Whole Megillah is proud to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Let’s start off with exciting news from the Jewish Book Council — it has recently launched a new website and now offers readers the opportunity to … Continue reading
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