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Robyn Michele Levy At age forty-three, Robyn Michele Levy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and, eight months later, with breast cancer. With irreverent and at times mordant humor, Most of Me chronicles Levy’s life in the disease lane and the convoy of health professionals, family members, friends and neighbours who accompany her along the way. Most of Me is both heartbreaking and hilarious, offering a unique glimpse into the restorative power of humour, and is a compelling story for anyone who has faced illness themselves or in their family. |
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| Wednesday October 19 | ||
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Writer's Salon “Self-assured, elegant, and perceptive. . . [Bezmozgis] has created an unflinchingly honest … and multilayered retelling of the Jewish immigrant story that steadfastly refuses to sentimentalize or malign the Old World or the New.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES Join award-winning writer and filmmaker, David Bezmozgis at the Festival’s annual Writer’s Salon. This informal and intimate setting gives discerning readers the unique opportunity to engage personally with this rising literary star and talk candidly about his much anticipated novel, The Free World. David Bezmozgis has been making waves since his critically-acclaimed collection, Natasha and Other Stories (HarperCollins) burst onto the literary scene in 2004. Natasha was a New York Times Notable Book and one of the New York Public Library's 25 Books to Remember for 2004. Bezmozgis is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2005 City of Toronto Book Award, the Canadian Jewish Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth First Book Prize. In 2010, Bezmozgis was included in The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 issue, celebrating the twenty most promising fiction writers under the age of forty. Bezmozgis’ first feature film, Victoria Day, received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. His debut novel, The Free World, was published in April to rave reviews and was longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Born in Riga, Latvia, Bezmozgis immigrated to Toronto in 1980. He draws on his family's history as Latvian Jews who emigrated from the Soviet Union to the western world for much of his writing. "Bezmozgis makes good on the promise of his celebrated first book, Natasha and Other Stories (2004), in his spectacular first novel. Sharply funny and fast-paced, yet splendidly saturated with intriguing psychological nuance and caustic social commentary." In support of the JCC Jewish Book Festival |
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| Sunday November 20 |
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Pussycat, Pussycat, Let’s Make a Book! Join artist and children’s book illustrator, Rae Maté, for an exciting book-making workshop. Discover how Rae creates her characters, and then, inspired by the travels of Pussycat and with Rae as your travel guide, create a storybook of your own to take home to read and share again and again. Presenting partners: the Karen and Gary Simkin Family Child Development Centre, the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery |
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| Saturday November 26 |
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The Sol and Shirley Kort Author Series presents Recorded for broadcast on CBC’s Writers & Company “Etgar Keret is a genius...” —New York Times "A brilliant writer...completely unlike any writer I know. The voice of the next generation." —Salman Rushdie
Hailed as the voice of young Israel and one of its most radical and extraordinary writers, Etgar Keret is internationally acclaimed for his short stories. Born to a wildly diverse family, with a brother who lobbies to legalize marijuana, and a sister who is an orthodox Jew and mother of ten, Keret regards his family as a microcosm of Israel! Keret’s books have been translated and published abroad in 34 countries. His most recent, Suddenly a Knock on the Door (2010) became an instant #1 bestseller in Israel. Keret has also written screenplays and directed the award‐winning Jellyfish (see below). As the host of CBC Radio’s award‐winning Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel is known for her keen interview style and cool, composed personality; characteristics that she has put to good use over the years in conversation with the likes of David Grossman, Amos Oz and Mordecai Richler. This is the fifth year Wachtel hosts the Festival’s opening night event.
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| Sunday November 27 | ||
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Film screening: Jellyfish Directed by: Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen Presenting partner: Vancouver Jewish Film Festival Winner of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or prize, Jellyfish (Meduzot) is co‐directed by Etgar Keret and his wife, Shira Geffen. This provocative movie, set in Tel‐Aviv, tells the story of three very different |
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Aubrey Davis/Kishka for Koppel – presented by the PJ Library Presenting partner: Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver PJ Library A reading-based, fun-filled family program for young children featuring Aubrey Davis (Bagels from Benny, Bone Button Borscht) reading from his new book, Kishka for Koppel. The PJ Library is a Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver sponsored program. It supports families in their Jewish journey by sending them monthly, a free Jewish-content children’s book. For more information, visit jewishvancouver.com/pjlibrary |
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Drash: Northwest Mosaic – showcasing Jewish writers from the West Coast and beyond Talk about niche! The newest kid on the literary journal block, Drash: Northwest Mosaic, tilts towards Northwest and Jewish themes. Yet, its particular bent has intrigued a growing, international audience of readers and submitters. Who starts a literary journal in these perilous publishing times? And is this good for the Jews? Drash editor and award-winning writer, Wendy Marcus holds forth about the first five years of this literary start-up, and how and why Drash readings are life-affirming experiences, cultivating readers and writers, and connection in these troubled, overly technological times. Marcus is joined by Drash contributors from British Columbia, writer Claudia Goldman and poet Avie M. Estrin; and from the Seattle area by Charles Gay, Paris photographer, and poets Mary Ellen Talley, Tim Sherry, Murray Gordon, and Sandra Larkmann Heindsmann. |
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Hebrew Book Exchange This popular annual event is for the Hebrew speakers and readers in our community – bring in your used Hebrew books and exchange them for new used books. Meet friend, mingle with other Israeli book lovers and discover some hidden gems. |
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 Allan Drummond, Escape from Paris, 2005, courtesy Allan Drummond and Institute for Holocaust Education, Omaha, NE. |
Curious George – children's event and art exhibit For children ages 3-6, parental supervision required. All kids love the stories of Curious George and his mischievous antics. So bring them for an afternoon of literary fun - Curious George-style! This special event includes story-telling, a reading from Curious George Rides a Bike, a musical singalong and a chance for parents to view a unique exhibit (open from 1-4pm) – The Wartime Escape – Margret and H.A. Rey’s Journey From France. This exhibit, in Vancouver for just six weeks, recounts the story of Curious George creators, Margret and H.A. Rey, who escaped from Nazi-occupied France. To reserve a spot for your child please call the VHEC (604) 264-0499 or email info@vhec.org. |
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Creative Writing Workshop Always wanted to write, but you don't know where to start? Join award-winning author Karen X. Tulchinsky in a hands-on creative writing workshop. For new and emerging writers, we’ll cover the basic rules of writing, getting started, how to “crank out a first draft” and the cure for writer’s block. Karen will also lead participants in some writing exercises. Karen X. Tulchinsky is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. Her novel, The Five Books of Moses Lapinsky was a Toronto Book Award finalist and winner of One Book One Vancouver 2008. A graduate of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre, she has written for numerous television shows including, The Guard, Robson Arms, Kink and Glutton for Punishment. She recently wrote a feature length screenplay for acclaimed Toronto director, Clement Virgo and has adapted her novel into a screenplay. She teaches creative writing at UBC. |
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Joel Bakan / Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children Sun, Nov 27 - 7:00pm $14 Tickets: buy online>> or by phone 604-257-5111
‘Joel Bakan’s powerful, well‐documented polemic is just what we need to hear right now, if we are to ‘The information in Bakan's book is...stunning....The book sounds alarms about issues that go under most parents' radar.’ ‐ USA Today From the writer of the hit film and international bestselling book, The Corporation, comes a chilling look at the widespread manipulation and exploitation of children by profit-seeking corporations—and of society’s failure to protect them. Childhood Under Siege (Free Press 2011) is a book every modern parent needs to read. Joel Bakan is a professor of law at UBC and an internationally recognized, award-winning scholar with law degrees from Oxford, Dalhousie, and Harvard. Bakan’s book, The Corporation was made into an award winning documentary, for which he co-wrote the screenplay.
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| Monday November 28 | ||
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Aubrey Davis / Kishka for Koppel Mon, Nov 28 -10:00-11:00am FREE Everyone welcome Presenting partner: Vancouver Talmud Torah Aubrey Davis is an award-winning Canadian author and storyteller who has brought delight to countless young readers. With roots in centuries-old folk tales, his Bone Button Borscht, The Enormous Potato and Sody Salleratus (Kids Can Press) have kept the timeless stories alive and relevant for new generations. Aubrey reads from his new book, Kishk for Koppel (Orca Book Publishers, 2011). |
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Shoshana Litman / The Evolution of Jewish Storytelling Lunch and Learn Series Mon, Nov 28 - 11:45-1:15pm $7/9 including lunch Tickets via telephone or in person only Tel (604) 257 5111 We all know that the Jews are a storytelling people. Learn more with celebrated storyteller, Shoshana Litman, who takes the audience on a dramatic journey of stories and songs spanning the ages from the beginning of time. Litman’s material, drawn from Jewish and personal sources, is engaging and interactive, connecting with and drawing from her audience. Shoshana Litman is a featured storyteller at Tall Tales Books, the Victoria Public Library and the Victoria Storytellers Guild. In May 2012, she will perform at Quebec’s TD Canadian Children’s Book Tour. Litman became ordained as a traditional Jewish storyteller, a Maggidah, in May 2008. |
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Dan Bar-el, Rae Maté / Pussycat Pussycat, where have you been? Mon, Nov 28 -1:45-2:45pm FREE Everyone welcome Presenting partners: Vancouver Talmud Torah, National Council of Jewish Women In the classic nursery rhyme Pussycat travels to London to visit the Queen. But where else did Pussycat go? These vivid, dreamy poems and illustrations reveal the rest of Pussycat’s adventures, from France, to the far North, from Egypt and more. Dan Bar-El is a children's author, educator, and storyteller. His work includes the 2008 Silver Birch Express award winning, Things are Looking Grimm, Jill, as well as picture books including Alphabetter and Such a Prince. Rae Mate’s illustrations for this magical tale of friendship and adventure are inspired by her experience as a mother of three children, her years of teaching art to preschoolers and the colorful personalities of her own tortoiseshell cats. Her first two books are Crocodiles Say…and Crocodiles Play! |
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Daniel Kalla / The Far Side of the Sky Presenting partners: TAG, National Council of Jewish Women International bestselling author Daniel Kalla presents his seventh book, The Far Side of the Sky, (HarperCollins, 2011) a compelling wartime saga focusing on a short but extraordinary period of Chinese, Japanese and Jewish Second World War history. Set in exotic 1940’s Shanghai, with fictional characters woven into living history, the story is told through the eyes of a young woman trapped in a clash of ethnicities and a Jewish physician who searches for refuge in an exotic land. Daniel Kalla is an ER doctor at an urban hospital in Vancouver. He has written five thrillers, delving into themes and topics as diverse as superbugs, drug addiction, DNA evidence and pandemics. His books have been translated into eleven languages and two have been optioned for film. |
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Random Convergences - an evening of poetry and music Andrej Karšai, Janet Lee and friends Mon, Nov 28 - 7:00pm $14 Tickets: buy online>> or by phone 604-257-5111 Poet, Andrej Karšai and artist, Janet Lee collaborate with musicians, Lei Hui Hua (cello) and David Yeung (guitar) for a special program of poetry and music. Andrej and Janet will read a selection of poems from their collection, Random Convergences, as the musicians underlay the reading with a selection of classic compositions. Some of the images from the book will be on display. Born in Slovakia to Jewish parents, Andrej Karšai grew up in Czechoslovakia after he and his sister were rescued by a Christian family in 1944. Andrej immigrated to Canada in 1968 speaking no English. Since then he has honed his language skills culminating in the publication of Random Convergences, his first book of poetry. Janet Lee is an artist specializing in both digital and traditional collage. Born and raised in Vancouver, Janet’s parents immigrated from Shanghai in 1948 with $200 in their pocket. Lei Hui Hua was born in Japan and grew up in Beijing, studying music from a young age. She was the Director of the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra before immigrating to Canada in 1990. Hui Hua is now a music teacher in Burnaby. David Yeung was born in China and immigrated to Vancouver in 1973. David enjoys painting, music performing and composing, and guitar making. He has been a full time music teacher since 2000. |
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Moving from Grief to Action – how can we reduce the risk of suicide? Presenting partners: Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Jewish Family Services Agency Writer: Jill Bialosky / History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life Panelists:
Moderator: Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan Suicide is a major, often hidden, public health concern in Canada, and suicide prevention is everyone’s business. By raising our awareness of this complex and emotive issue, we can all learn to reduce the risk. Opening this first community conversation about suicide awareness and prevention is the award-winning writer and poet, Jill Bialosky, who will present from her bestselling memoir, History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life – a personal account from a suicide survivor. A panel discussion will follow of professionals specializing in the appropriate fields, moderated by Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan. The panel will address issues including how to recognize warning signs, ways to support the individual and their family, how to access the appropriate services, information and ongoing coping strategies. Learning about suicide prevention is the first step in helping the person you care about to get help. |
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| Tuesday November 29 | ||
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Joan Stuchner / Can Hens Give Milk? Presenting partner: Vancouver Talmud Torah Can Hens Give Milk? (Orca Book Publishers, 2011) is Joan Betty Stuchner’s sixth book for young readers. When not writing, Joan works in a library, teaches, part-time and acts in a community theatre. Joan assures her readers that no hens were harmed in the writing of this story! |
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BOOK LAUNCH & RECEPTION Presenting partner: Doctor Geneva Song’s Chinese wedding ceremony is traditional, but she marries outside of her race and culture. This ancient ritual sets in motion a fateful journey from the light to the dark for Geneva, her Spirit Sister, and the men who love them. “‘The Second Wedding of Doctor Geneva Song’ is like a fine red wine: complex, surprising, satisfying, leaving you wanting for more. Friedland’s prose is quietly poetic and his narrative voice subtle and hypnotic…” – Reed Farrel Coleman, Shamus Award-winning author. Robert N. Friedland’s writing has been published in Canada and internationally in the US, England, and Japan. This is his second book. When not writing, Friedland practices human rights law in Vancouver, BC. He is a widely published commentator on the interna¬tional, Canadian, and British Columbian political scene. |
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FOR BOOK CLUBS AND BOOK LOVERS Presented by The Rosedale On Robson Suite Hotel Presenting partner: National Council of Jewish Women “How would a modern man go about killing his father and marrying his mother, just like Sophocles’ Oedipus? Guterson’s vivid recreation . . . is a study in outsized avarice and arrogance. Exuberantly rambunctious, Guterson’s bold pondering of the Greek classic is a fiendishly tantalizing romp.” – Booklist 'A snarky comedy skewering contemporary values’ – Publisher’s Weekly Beloved storyteller David Guterson—author of the acclaimed novels Snow Falling on Cedars and The Other—is back. His new novel Ed King (Random House, 2011) is a sizzling, darkly funny, and propulsive novel—a sweeping story of destiny, desire, and destruction written as a modern-day retelling of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Just imagine a group of book lovers, sitting together with an international writer of note, hearing the story behind the story over a glass of wine and some nibblies. We provide the venue, the author and the nosh. You read either Ed King, Snow Falling on Cedars or any of Guterson’s books, and let the discussion begin! Come solo, with a friend, or the whole club – this event is sure to spice up your literary season. If your book club registers in advance, we’ll arrange group seating. Contact Nicole Nozick to reserve a table (604) 638-7278; email: nicole@jccgv.bc.ca. You can order Ed King directly from the Jewish Book Festival at a discounted price by calling (604) 257-5111. Pick up at the JCC from Mon Oct 17, 2011. David Guterson is best known as the author of Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), recipient of the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. To date, the novel has sold nearly four million copies and was made into an Oscar-nominated film. Sheryl MacKay, host of CBC’s weekend arts show, North By Northwest, returns to the Festival to host this special event. |
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| Wednesday November 30 |
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Daniel Kalla / The Far Side of the Sky Presenting partner: King David Highschool International bestselling author Daniel Kalla presents his seventh book, The Far Side of the Sky, (HarperCollins 2011) – a compelling wartime saga, set in 1940’s Shanghai, focusing on a short but extraordinary period of Chinese, Japanese and Jewish Second World War history. |
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Harold Troper Light refreshments served Presenting partner: The Jewish Museum & Archives of BC The Defining Decade (University of Toronto Press, 2011) is poised to sit alongside Harold Troper and Irving Abella’s seminal study None is Too Many : Canada and the Jews of Europe (1937‐1948) as an indispensible chronicle of the Canadian Jewish experience. In The Defining Decade, Troper makes the tumultuous nature of the 1960s accessible to contemporary readers by juxtaposing over eighty intimate accounts with telling archival documents. Overall, Troper argues that, even as Canada became more open to Jews, Canadian Jews became more, not less, focused on issues of Jewish identity.. '…. This insightful, well-written, lively work not only tells the story of Canadian Jewry during the 1960s, but it illuminates important changes that were occurring throughout Canadian society and among Canadian Jewry's prominent next-door neighbour, the American Jewish community.' - Gil Troy, Professor of History, McGill University |
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More Than Words - an evening with four extraordinary Canadian writers An eclectic mix of writers everybody is talking about. Norman Ravvin is a noted Canadian fiction writer, critic and journalist. The Joyful Child (Gaspereau Press, 2011), Ravvin’s third novel, is a tender, soulful story about a father and his four-year-old son and the companionship they develop at home and on the road. Besides writing, Ravvin teaches Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia University. ‘At a certain age, kids arrive and change everything...’ Roberta Rich’s debut novel, The Midwife of Venice (CanadaDoubleday 2011), charged up the bestseller lists and sold tens of thousands of copies in Canada. This rollicking, fast-paced historical novel is set against the richness and squalor of sixteenth-century Venice and Malta. Rich is a retired Vancouver lawyer who divides her time between Vancouver and Mexico. ‘…a gripping historical page-turner, with suspenseful action and vivid depictions of life in 16th century Venice. – Globe & Mail Stuart Ross published his first literary pamphlet on the photocopier in his dad’s office one night in 1979. Through the 1980s, he stood on Toronto’s Yonge Street wearing signs like “Writer Going To Hell: Buy My Books,” selling over 7,000 books of poetry in the process. A tireless literary activist, and a critically acclaimed writer, Ross is widely published – mostly poetry and short stories. Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew (ECW Press) is his first novel. ‘…moving and funny . . . Unlike other poets-turned-novelists, Ross understands the power of both poetry and clear prose . . . . (his) writing compels.’ —Winnipeg Free Press Alexi Zentner was recently named one of 12 Canadian Writers to Watch, his debut novel, Touch (Random House, 2011) was longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Touch is a haunting tale of three generations of love and loss in a town in Northern BC. ‘[An] eerie, elegiac debut. . . . The rugged wilderness is captured exquisitely . . . and despite a narrative rife with tragedy, Zentner’s elegant prose keeps the story buoyant.’ — Publisher Weekly (starred review) |
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Stuart Ross / Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew Stuart Ross is a critically acclaimed writer who is widely published – mostly poetry and short stories. Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew (ECW Press) is his first novel. Presenting partner: King David Highschool
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Anne-Marie Asner /Noshy Boy, Shluffy Girl Presenting partner: Vancouver Talmud Torah Anne-Marie Asner is the author of Klutzy Boy, Shluffy Girl, Shmutzy Girl, Noshy Boy, and Kvetchy Boy. Written in English, each book is named for a character with a Yiddish word that describes a central attribute of his or her personality. These fun and lively picture books put the joy and color of Yiddish into a form children adore - and will make any bubbe or zaide kvell. Anne-Marie Asner /Noshy Boy, Shluffy Girl Anne-Marie Asner presents from her popular collection of Matzah Ball Books, engaging students in some lively conversation about the writing process and book illustrations. Presenting partner: Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver |
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Ellen Schwartz/The Case of the Missing Deed Presenting partner: Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver ‘Schwartz....deserves cheers from the stands for her craft.’ — Vancouver Sun Ellen Schwartz’s The Case of the Missing Deed (Tundra Books 2011) is a unique mystery and her sixteenth book of juvenile fiction. Take a dash of colourful character, a pinch of danger and generous scoops of adventure, and you have a terrific culinary mystery for young readers. Schwartz’s books have been nominated for many awards and honours, including the BC Book Prize, the Sydney Taylor Book Award, the Red Cedar Book Award, the Shining Willow Book Award and the Silver Birch Book Award. In addition to writing books, Schwartz teaches creative writing classes at Simon Fraser University and at Douglas College. |
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Writing workshops for elementary students These two writing workshops led by award-winning juvenile fiction writers, are tailor-made for elementary grade students. The hands-on, practical workshops give students the opportunity to spend time with world-class writers and learn firsthand about the writing process. Students will receive feedback on their own writing and guidance for creating imaginative stories of their own. |
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HOLOCAUST REMEMBERED Presenting partner: the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Far To Go - ‘…very deftly structured and the storytelling is seamless…”Far to Go” appears poised to gain a wide and significant readership, and deservedly so.’ - The Globe and Mail Man Booker Prize nominee, Canadian Jewish Book Award winner, Alison Pick’s Far To Go (House of Anansi, 2011) is a layered, moving, and suspenseful story by one of Canada’s rising literary stars. Recently optioned for film, Far To Go was inspired by the harrowing five-year journey Pick's own grandparents embarked on from their native Czechoslovakia to Canada during the Second World War. Pick has published two volumes of poetry and one previous novel, The Sweet Edge, which appeared to rave reviews and was a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book. Ruta’s Closet - ‘One of the finest Holocaust memoirs…even as this book tells a harrowing story, shafts of light – of Jewish courage and Christian righteousness – shine through its pages, instructing and inspiring….’ - The Honourable Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill. After decades of silence, Vancouver’s Ruth Kron Sigal opened up to writer Keith Morgan, sharing with him her story of horror and survival. Ruth recalled her most painful memories, hoping that the lessons they teach will ensure that no child will hide in such a dark place again. Ruth Kron Sigal was born in Lithuania in July 1936. After the Second World War, Ruth moved to Canada with her family. She died in December 2008, shortly after the completion of Ruta's Closet. Keith Morgan is a veteran journalist and columnist. He is currently the Driving Editor for The Province and The Vancouver Sun.
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EAT, DRINK, JUDGE! With recurring roles as a guest judge on Top Chef Masters, and Iron Chef America, Danyelle Freeman is a New-York based foodie writer. She is also a Harvard grad, food blogger, a former food critic for the NY Daily News and runs the popular website Restaurant Girl. Freeman’s Try This (HarperCollins 2011) is a lively, charming, and witty guide to the ever growing array of answers to the question: “What should we eat tonight?” From Banh Mi to Bocadillos, Spotted Dick to Soup Dumplings, Meze to Ma Po Tofu, Try This travels the restaurant globe as it demystifies unfamiliar foods in sparkling prose that will leave stomachs growling. Convivial, encouraging, and hip, Try This is the essential companion for anybody who loves food, but wants to break out of a restaurant rut. ‘Life is one long feast. Devour it.’ ―Danyelle Freeman Freeman wears a host of other foodie related hats, including guest appearances on the Food Network’s Heavyweights, Alex’s Day Off, Unique Eats as well as a judge on Throwdown with Bobby Flay. ‘..An innovative guide that tickles the taste buds and proves that you don't have to travel abroad to experience international gastronomy.’ ―Kirkus Reviews ‘Danyelle Freeman has done it—TRY THIS is a gastronomical glossary full of attitude and humor. Now anyone can enter any ethnic restaurant with confidence and have a mind-blowing experience.’ —Bobby Flay ‘a modern tool kit for today's foodie’ —Scott Conant, chef-owner of Scarpetta Restaurants WARNING: audience participation is required to eat, drink and judge |
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