"A refreshing new voice on the #literary front has released a modern #fantasy where ancient #Hebrew #mysticism comes alive on the streets of #NewYork.
THE SANHEDRIN CHRONICLES by J.S. Gold offers a unique take on the fantasy genre, combining elements of mysticism, #faith, and #adventure.
Packed with #action,# mystery, and #Jewish #folklore, THE SANHEDRIN CHRONICLES is a compelling read for fans of urban fantasy and #religious #mythology."
Being human is a tough business. We are—as far as we know—the only species fully aware of our own mortality. So why is it so hard for us to treat one another kindly? We’re all in the same metaphorical boat. Many of the tales in my new collection are meditations on this key idea. Not an original notion, but one that we need to remember in a crass age when hypocrisy and cruelty is routinely ignored by our leaders.
"With the new year comes new #Jewish #books we’re excited about, and 2025 is promising quite the eclectic collection. From #literary #novels to #memoirs to historical #fiction to poetry to reported biographies, there’s really something for everyone on this list. We’ve loaded this to lean heavily toward the first half of the year (even including a few titles that are already available because they came out last week!), but if you’re into this collection, we’ll be sure to put together more reading lists for your enjoyment all year long."
https://www.heyalma.com/27-jewish-books-were-excited-about-in-2025/
Want to get away from it all? Welcome to the annual list of writers and readers festivals across Australia for 2025, lots of new ones popping up this year, and all the old favourites.
https://annafeatherstone.com/writing-resources/list-of-australian-writers-festivals-2025/
"The currently active English-language #Jewish writers must choose between two mid-sized ponds. Either you join up with the #literary community for #Palestine or the literary community for the-fight-against-#antisemitism. Either you’re aligned with the indie bookstores and the MFA professors and the Bluesky-posting scolds with literary friends and #FreePalestine in their bios, or you’re aligned with some coalition of anti-woke gazillionaires (despite, if you’re a working writer, not being a gazillionaire or close yourself), woke-but-for-this-issue influencers, and genuinely terrified #Jews who are neither rich nor anti-woke but don’t know where else to turn. The cringe expression, politically homeless, comes to mind, but it isn’t quite that. Some of these are #writers who just want to write, and not to have to function as poorly informed experts on geopolitics."
~ Must-Read ~
Which #Literary Classic would you recommend for someone to read at least once in their lifetime?
~ Must-Read ~
Which #Literary Classic would you recommend for someone to read at least once in their lifetime?
The #Canadian #Jewish #Literary Awards are administered through #YorkUniversity's Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for #JewishStudies.
The complete list of winners is as follows:
Fiction: Let It Destroy You by Harriet Alida Lye
The Irving Abella Award in History: After the Nazis by Michael Kater
Biography/Memoir: Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain by Jill Culiner
Poetry: Talking To Strangers by Rhea Tregebov
Yiddish: In the Land of the Postscript by Goldie Morgentaler
Children and Youth: Rising by Sidura Ludwig
Jewish Thought and Culture: Faithfully Seeking Franz by Elana Wolff
What a joy it is to have my book Ashes & Stones Shortlisted by the Royal Society of Literature for the Christopher Bland Prize. Thank you to the judges Josh Cohen, Niall Griffiths and Shappi Khorsandi.
#Scotland #ScottishHistory #Histodon #DebutAuthor #WritersOfMastodon #Memoir #CreativeNonfiction #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #RSL #Literary #ScottishBook
I still feel like a #newbie partly because I never did get 'into' Twitter. I joined Nov 19th. So I am still looking for colleagues and friends in the #writingcommunity here. I have been #writing seriously since 1976, though I certainly penned #poetry and #fiction before that. My #craft includes #drawing and I tend to my #indoorgarden and my #dog and 2 #cats . I founded an online international #literary #magazine in Jan 2006 and ran it until Sept 2016, so I developed my #editor skills as well.
