The Sami Rohr Prize for emerging Jewish writers was recently awarded for Tamar Yellin's novel The Genizah at the House of Shepher (also awarded the Ribalow Prize). Her collection of stories, Kafka in Bronteland, received the Reform Judaism...

When women first entered the profession of writing and publishing they did so under an alias because it was frowned upon to have women write, let alone be successful at it. Today if a woman chooses to use a pseudonym she does so for privacy or because she writes

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I don´t normally feature websites for writers and it is so rare to find a website who´s only focus is encouraging writers to write literary fiction. Bill Cole emailed me recently to let me know about his website

Sweetness in the Belly was recently short listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize for fiction. This is one of Canada´s prestigious literary prizes and although Camilla did not take home the trophy

My Summer of Southern Discomfort is Stephanie Gayle´s first novel. This Somerville, Massachusetts native is a MIT Administrative Assistant at Massachusetts Institute of Technology by day and a writer by night; although she likes

Books, tea, great conversation and a support group. A Tulsa, Oklahoma book club is taking reading to a whole new high. Sisters Sippin Tea, or SST for short, is made up of African American women from all walks of life. There are wives, mothers...

Audio books offer are a great addition to our multi-tasking society. They are most often used while commuting, travelling, exercising, gardening or while doing another repetitive task (hopefully not involving sharp machinery). And some people just

SF Gate is an online variant of The San Francisco Chronicle. It is considered the number one newspaper site in California. This online magazine is owned by Hearst Newspapers and boasts having "8.1 million unique visitors per month".

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