News and Events
- For your holiday consideration, The New York Times selects The Tears and Prayers of Fools
December 4, 2023
The New York Times selects The Tears and Prayers of Fools: A Novel by Grigory Kanovich for its historical fiction list. “A thoughtful commentary on a lost world that has striking relevance for ours.” Read more
- Ibrahim al-Koni named Cultural Personality of the Year at SIBF 2023
November 16, 2023
Ibrahim al-Koni, the highly acclaimed Libyan novelist and finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, was named the Cultural Personality of the Year for the 42nd edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair 2023. This acknowledgment emphasizes al-Koni’s exceptional contributions to the world of literature, which have enriched readers’ understanding of culture and heritage. Al-Koni ...
- Svenson featured in Adirondack Life magazine
November 10, 2023
Adirondack Life magazine selects Adirondack Photographers, 1850-1950 by Sally E. Svenson for its Regional Reads 2023 list. View the complete list
- Sarah Lightman discusses Jewish Women in Comics on Jewish Women’s Archive
November 10, 2023
Q & A with Sarah Lightman, coeditor of Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders on the Jewish Women’s Archive blog.
- The Archaeology of Harriet Tubman’s Life in Freedom wins the 2022 CNY Book Award
October 9, 2023
Douglas Armstrong’s The Archaeology of Harriet Tubman’s Life in Freedom received the 2022 CNY Book Award for Nonfiction. In addition, Beaver River Country: An Adirondack History by Edward Pitts was one of the finalists. Find the complete list of winners and finalists here.
- Liebelt’s book featured on Jadaliyya
October 2, 2023
Claudia Liebelt’s new book Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey featured on Jadaliyya. Read more
- Babbar interviewed on CrimeReads
October 2, 2023
Anjili Babbar, author of Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction reflects on Irish crime writing’s cultural moment in an interview on CrimeReads.com by Molly Odintz. Read now
- Café Shira in JBC’s annual Book Club Reading Guide
September 20, 2023
David Ehrlich’s posthumous novel Café Shira is featured in the Jewish Book Council’s annual Book Club Reading Guide. Get your copy of the guide here.
- Sarah Lightman discusses Jewish Women in Comics on New Books Network podcast
September 5, 2023
Sarah Lightman is joined by Mira Sucharov, Rebecca Katz, Efraim Sicher, and Jenny Caplan to discuss Jewish Women in Comics, coedited with Heike Bauer and Andrea Greenbaum, on New Books Network.
- Surrender reviewed in The Hopkins Review
August 29, 2023
Surrender: Stories by Brian O’Hare was reviewed in The Hopkins Review.
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