The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: This week I watched a video about sending out one’s writing into the world, and this speaker viewed submissions as a way into the literary community. I hadn’t thought of it that way. So I’ve … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I learned yesterday that my proposed talk for the 2021 Northeast MLA Conference (virtual) about Yizkor books (town-based Holocaust memorial books) as folk objects was accepted. The talk will be based on papers I wrote … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: Tikvah Fund has produced a podcast featuring literature scholar Ruth Wisse and her list of five books to read during the pandemic: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Tevye the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem In the Heart of … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’ve been receiving some useful feedback about The Whole Megillah going forward. There may be some changes in 2021. As some of you already know, Miriam Udel’s new book, Honey on the Page: A Treasury … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Event Announcement: Mercer County Community College Interview with Deanie Yasner, 10/8, Noon EDT“There are so many things I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.” What happens when the lone Jewish girl in a small Mississippi town challenges the rules of segregation in the hot summer of 1953? Essie Rose Ginsberg, writer, loner, and all-time worrier … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m still looking for focus group participants to help provide guidance about the future of The Whole Megillah. If you are interested in participating in a brief Zoom session after the holidays to share thoughts … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m putting together a focus group of about 8-10 subscribers to help provide guidance about the future of The Whole Megillah. If you are interested in participating in a brief Zoom session after the holidays … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Assignment by Liza WiemerWiemer, Liza. The Assignment. Delacorte Press, 2020, $17.99 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write The Assignment? Liza Wiemer (LZ): On April 4, 2017, I visited Oswego, New York, for a book signing at River’s End Bookstore for … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m going to be a featured panelist at early October’s Amherst Writers & Artists Leadership Retreat about sending out your work. I’ll be focusing on sending out book manuscripts and using Duotrope. After the holidays, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Two-in-One | Behind the Bookcase, written by Barbara Lowell, illustrated by Valentina ToroLowell, Barbara. Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place. Illustr. Valentina Toro. Kar-Ben, 2020, 40 pp., paperback $7.99. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write this book? Barbara Lowell (BL): In 2016, I visited the … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Tag Archives: Jewish Book Council
Mid-Week Notes
Three 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
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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Tagged Across the Alley, angela cerrito, batya medad, Book of Life, booksandblintzes, deborah kalb, Erika Dreifus, fig tree books, Frances Dinkelspiel, Guest at the Shooter's Banquet, Heidi Rabinowitz, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish Book Council, Jewish book reviews, life is like a library, My Machberet, rabbi deborah miller, Rhapsody in Books, Richard Michelson, Rita Gabis, shilo musings, sybil kaplan, Tangled Vines, the best chapter, the safest lie, The Whole Megillah, Towers of Gold, witness to history
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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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Tagged anita diamant, bagels books and schmooze, batya medad, Book of Life, dark mirror, deborah kalb, enchantress, Erika Dreifus, fig tree books, Heidi Estrin, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish Book Council, Jewish book reviews, lizzie skirnick books, maggie anton, My Machberet, Prosen People, sara lipton, shilo musings, the best chapter, the boston girl, The Whole Megillah
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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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Tagged Ann Koffsky, Anne Dublin, Book of Life, Erika Dreifus, Heidi Estrin, J Street, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish Book Council, Jewish Journal, Jill Broderick, Jonathan Kirsch, Linda Wertheimer, My Machberet, Prosen People, Rhapsody in Books, The Whole Megillah
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Author’s Notebook | Guest Post by Laurel Snyder
I need to be honest—I’ve really struggled to write this little essay. When Barbara asked me to scribble something about the promotion of Jewish picture books, I said yes immediately! Because it seemed a simple enough task, and Barbara’s blog … Continue reading
