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News Mark Mazower wins a 2008 LA Times Book Prize Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe LA Times Book Blog, Jacket Copy, announces the winners of the 2008 LA Times Book Prizes, which includes Mark Mazower’s… JBC Staff April 27, 2009
News Orange Prize Shortlist Announced Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongratulations to 2008 – 2009 NETWORK author Ellen Feldman on making the 2009 Orange Prize shortlist for her title Scottsboro.The… JBC Staff April 21, 2009
News Your Daily Dose of Reflection and Inspiration Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJewish Lights is releasing a new book by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky in July with inspiring quotes from Jewish sources and personal… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 21, 2009
News Amir Gutfreund Shortlisted for the JQ-Wingate Prize Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter2007 Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award Winner Amir Gutfreund (Our Holocaust) has been shortlisted for this year’s JQ-Wingate Literary Prize… JBC Staff April 1, 2009
News More Israeli Authors at PEN World Voices Festival Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter posting the earlier link to the Israeli authors at the PEN World Voices Festival, I received news that there are two more… JBC Staff March 30, 2009
News R.Crumb Does Genesis Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterR. Crumb has finished his “Genesis Project,” a graphic novel projected for this Fall as reported by GalleyCat.Robot 6Crumb… JBC Staff March 26, 2009