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The Cut Out Girl
Contributor(s): Bart van Es
13/03/2019 - 8:00 pm
Bart van Es’s The Cut Out Girl, described by Philippe Sands as ‘luminous, elegant, haunting’, tells the true story of the author’s grandparents, and the... read more
Jewish Voices
Contributor(s): Henry Goodman | Nicholas Hytner | Jason Isaacs | Emily Maitlis | Philippe Sands | Simon Sebag Montefiore | Janet Suzman | Zoe Wanamaker
10/03/2019 - 8:00 pm
The grand finale of Jewish Book Week 2019, in partnership with World Jewish Relief, is a celebration of the power of words. A stellar line-up, featuring Henry G... read more
Live Relay of Jewish Voices
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10/03/2019 - 8:00 pm
This is a Live Relay of the event taking place in Hall 1. The grand finale of Jewish Book Week 2019, in partnership with World Jewish Relief, is a celebration o... read more
Gleaning Whitechapel’s Yiddishe Histories
Contributor(s): Louis Berk | Vivi Lachs
10/03/2019 - 8:00 pm
A stone wall or an iron gate reveal stories of community and schooling. An expression in a Cockney-Yiddish music-hall song or a union anthem from an 1889 tailor... read more
The Creation of a Female Writer
Contributor(s): Tracy Chevalier | Ayelet Gundar-Goshen | Fay Weldon | Sam Leith
10/03/2019 - 6:30 pm
Is the novel an inherently feminine form? And is it a distinctive thing to be a female novelist or is that in itself a misogynistic idea? Focusing on the writin... read more
Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History
Contributor(s): Steven J. Zipperstein | Trudy Gold
10/03/2019 - 6:30 pm
Steven Zipperstein retells the shattering story of the Kishinev riot of 1903 in late-Tsarist Russia. It dominated the headlines in the western press for weeks, ... read more
The Writing in the Stone
Contributor(s): Irving Finkel
10/03/2019 - 6:30 pm
Life into death, magic and demons. The landscape of this dark and powerful story is ancient Assyria some 3,000 years ago. It is a world where writing is in the ... read more
To Kill the Truth
Contributor(s): Jonathan Freedland | Matthew D'Ancona
10/03/2019 - 5:00 pm
Acclaimed journalist Jonathan Freedland presents a gripping new thriller, the latest from his blockbuster novelist alter ego Sam Bourne. Somebody is murdering ... read more
Dreamers: When the Writers Took Power
Contributor(s): Volker Weidermann | Rebecca Abrams
10/03/2019 - 5:00 pm
Munich, November 1918: in the final days of WWI, revolutionaries occupied official buildings and overthrew the monarchy. At the head of the newly declared Free ... read more
Saul Bellow: A Legacy
Contributor(s): Zachary Leader | David Herman
10/03/2019 - 5:00 pm
Zachary Leader presents the second volume of The Life of Saul Bellow. Arguably the greatest of American writers, Bellow’s enduring appeal perhaps lies in ... read more
The Nocturnal Brain: Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience
Contributor(s): Guy Leschziner | Hugh Selsick
10/03/2019 - 4:30 pm
Dr Guy Leschziner, in conversation with sleep psychiatrist Hugh Selsick, takes a look at what really happens to our brain at night, taking us on a fascinating j... read more
Ben Hecht: The Greatest American Screenwriter
Contributor(s): Adina Hoffman | Adrian Wootton
10/03/2019 - 3:30 pm
Ben Hecht was, according to Jean-Luc Godard, ‘a genius’ who ‘invented 80% of what is used in Hollywood movies today’. Besides producing ... read more
The Monstrous Child
Contributor(s): Francesca Simon | Gavin Higgins | Simon Wallfisch
10/03/2019 - 3:30 pm
Bestselling children’s author and librettist Francesca Simon, with composer Gavin Higgins, produced an opera of her stunning epic Norse tale, The Monstrou... read more
A Weekend in New York
Contributor(s): Benjamin Markovits | Alex Clark
10/03/2019 - 3:30 pm
Paul Essinger, a tennis professional in his 30s, is about to play his final US Open. The bookies give him 1,200-1 odds on winning the title. Anxiety-ridden, com... read more
From Infinity to Man: The Fundamental Ideas of Kabbalah
Contributor(s): Eduard Shyfrin
10/03/2019 - 3:00 pm
Eduard Shyfrin, in a fresh and innovative exploration, reveals how the ideas of Jewish mysticism — or Kabbalah — resonate with 21st century science. read more
Tom Bower on Jeremy Corbyn
Contributor(s): Tom Bower | Mark Lawson
10/03/2019 - 2:00 pm
Acclaimed investigative journalist and bestselling biographer Tom Bower, author of 24 books including the lives of Robert Maxwell, Richard Branson, Tony Blair a... read more
