More Israeli Authors at PEN World Voices Festival

Posted by Naomi Firestone

After posting the earlier link to the Israeli authors at the PEN World Voices Festival, I received news that there are two more events to keep on your radar:

Women Translating Women: with Suzane Adam
April 29th, 6:30pm @ The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction

1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling: David Polonsky
May 2, 2009 , 2:30–4 p.m @ The Great Hall, Cooper Union

To see the full list of Israeli authors at PEN World Voices, please visit the Israeli Consulate of New York’s website: http://www.israelfm.org/culture/

Have a Little Faith

Posted by Naomi Firestone

Publisher’s Lunch reports that Have a Little Faith: A True Story of a Last Request, Mitch Albom’s first work of nonfiction since Tuesdays with Morrie , will be published this September.

The Detroit Free Press reports, “Albom explains there are three central characters: One is an inner-city pastor who was a criminal in Detroit before turning his life around and taking over a church that helps homeless people. The second character is a 90-year-old rabbi from the suburbs of New Jersey. The third is Albom himself.”

Read the full article in the Detroit Free Press: http://www.freep.com/article/20090329/ENT07/903290331

Israeli Authors at the PEN World Voices Festival

Posted by Naomi Firestone

My Machberet lists the Israeli authors speaking at the PEN World Voices Festival (http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1096) in New York City: http://machberet.blogspot.com/2009/03/israeli-authors-at-pen-world-voices.html

Win Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief

Posted by Miri Pomerantz

For all you book club members who were disappointed to learn that Markus Zusak lives in Australia–and therefore won’t be appearing at an event near you–Random House Children’s Books has the answer! They are running a contest for book clubs who choose The Book Thief as their next book to have a Skype phone call with Markus and discuss the book with him. How smart! And even though it’s listed as a young adult book, we’ve heard from many adults who have read this book and loved it.

From this link, book clubs can learn more about the contest and download a discussion guide:
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/readitforward/index_0309.html?ref=email_RIF03909

Here is where book clubs can go to enter:
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/markuszusak/bookclub.html

PW Talks with Binnie Kirshenbaum

Posted by Naomi Firestone

PW talks with Binnie Kirshenbaum, whose ninth book, The Scenic Route, will be published in May: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6645571.html?industryid=47159