Monday, July 15, 2024

Jewish Book Carnival!


Welcome to the July Jewish Book Carnival, where we gather links from folks in the Jewish book world- librarians, authors, booksellers, and more, to create community and share our work and writing.

The carnival was started by Heidi Rabinowitz and myself to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It runs every month on the 15th (or close to the 15th when it falls on Shabbat).

Author Talia Carner's appeal to the leadership of the Authors' Guild highlights a major issue of concern to all Jewish writers. 

Adam Gidwitz and Steve Sheinkin are guests on the July episode of The Book of Life Podcast, talking about their recent Holocaust books, Max in the House of Spies (middle grade historical fantasy) and Impossible Escape (young adult nonfiction). You can hear the episode, find a transcript, and see the show notes at the link here, and of course you can hear it wherever you normally listen to podcasts by subscribing to The Book of Life. https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2024/07/espionage-secrets-suspense-holocaust.html

The Sydney Taylor Shmooze reviews Jewish children's and YA books that may be eligible for the Sydney Taylor Book Award. Here's a review of a picture book biography about a Jewish sports hero - but not a male baseball player, for a change! It's about young ping-pong champion Estee Ackerman and it's called Ping-Pong Shabbat by Ann Diament Koffsky. https://www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2024/07/review-ping-pong-shabbat.html

Each week on her My Machberet blog, Erika Dreifus curates a selection of Jewish Literary Links. Here's one recent post, which includes info on new outlets for Jewish creativity, the Jewish Book Council's call for proposals for its upcoming conference, and more.

In this episode of What If? Why Not? How?, Sally Wiener Grotta talks with Yerra Sugarman about the history, emotions, and craft that make up her poignant poetry. https://www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/03/22/sally-chats-with-award-winning-poet-yerra-sugerman/

Here is the latest from the Jewish Books Podcast: 
Eve is only looking for some shelter from the rain, but what she finds will change her work, her heart, and her life. In a small cave in the Scottish highlands, Eve finds a journal written in as a series of letters from a woman named Shira to her lover Benjamin. Eve realized that the letters contain secrets about the family of her new love Mac. What secrets are revealed and can Eve and Mac’s love survive? Join me for a conversation with Lynne Golodner about her latest book, Cave of Secrets. [https://jewishlibraries.org/what-will-be-found-in-the-cave-of-secrets-a-conversation-with-lynne-golodner/](https://jewishlibraries.org/what-will-be-found-in-the-cave-of-secrets-a-conversation-with-lynne-golodner/)

This month at Life Is Like a Library, the bibliotherapy prescription is poetry:
 
At Jewish Books for Kids and More, Barbara Bietz interviews Terri Libenson about her new graphic novel in the Emmie & Me series, ALWAYS ANTHONY.
 


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