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The Best Place on Earth is going to Italy

In two weeks The Best Place on Earth (or as it is called in Italy,Il posto migliore del mondo) is going to Italy for an eight-day tour. In addition to the recent publication of the book by Nuova Editrice Berti, my story, “Brit Milah,” has also been translated and included in an anthology of stories about motherhood published by Einaudi.

It’s going to be hectic and fast-paced and I just can’t wait!

Here’s where you can find me if you happen to be in that part of the world:

June 25, 7:00 pm, Pa...

The Best Place on Earth wins the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

Since I can’t seem to get my act together and write about how my life changed entirely over the past few weeks, since winningthe Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, I am posting some photos from the award ceremony. The gala took place in the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York on May 7, 2015.My mother flew in from Israel with one of my brothers, and my other brother came from Montreal. Sean’s aunt arrived from Vancouver and my agents, Kim Witherspoon and David Forrer (AKA miracle workers...

Sami Rohr Prize Award Ceremony

Since I can’t seem to get my act together and write about how my life changed entirely over the past few weeks, since winningthe Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, I am posting some (blurry, cellphone) photos from the award ceremony. The gala took place in the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York on May 7, 2015. It was a beautiful venue and a beautiful event and it was amazing to have my motherandmy two brothers there with me. I hope to get better photos (they did have a professional at...

Some Israeli Love

The article in Haaretz, the print edition

I can’t keep track. Life has been moving fast, so wonderfully and strangely fast. Ikeep meaning to take the time to write but then I do laundry and make dinner and take care of a toddler instead.

So here, quickly, are some links from the homeland. It has beenso exciting for me to be recognized there finally, on the heels of the Sami Rohr Prize announcement. And even more exciting that it all happened while I was there. I loved this beautiful articlein...

The Italian edition is here!

This landed on my front step today… I am thrilled! I love the cover. I love the sound of the title… Il Posto Migliore Del Mondo… I love everything about it! Thank you, Nuova Editrice Berti. And then I found this review in the Italian newspaper, The Republic. Google Translate assures me it’s a good one!

My Year of Reading Only Writers of Colour

In the beginning of 2014 I made a public pledge to read only writers of colour for a year. My decision was inspired by Lilit Marcus’s essay, “Why I Only Read Books by Women in 2013,”and by a lifetime of reading mostly works by white authors and not finding myself in the books that I read. In my original post I said many things about my decision but I think the last paragraph sums it pretty well.

“I’m choosing to spend the year reading only books by writers of colour, because I want to read mor...

Reading, teaching, and bragging about my amazing students

On November 12th I’ll be reading at the U of T’s Reading Series, The Platform, with some of my creative non-fiction students at the U of T School of Continuing Studies. They are a wonderful, talented group: Lina Barkas, Maisie Jacobson, Laura Sky, Tamara Jong, and Leonarda Carranza. Hopefully some of my other students will take advantage of the open mic portion of the night too. The reading will take place atThe Social Capital Theatrein Toronto,

154 Danforth Ave – Second Floor, at 7:30pm.

I hav...

Fall Recap

This has been the nicest, warmest fall I’ve yet to experienced in Ontario (and perhaps in my entire time Canada!) The weather has been warm and beautiful and though climate change is probably to blame I guiltily love every minute of it. I actually enjoy fall in Toronto, even if it’s a gateway season to the horror that is winter (yes, I said horror and I stand behind it). It’s been five years since I moved here, and still, every year I am in awe of the changing fall colours, the vibrancy of th...

Writing about War

BC Summer

I haven’t been blogging. I have good reasons and bad reasons. The good reason is that I’ve spent the summer writing up a storm, working on my memoir. I was fortunate enough to receive a grant that made it possible: I rented a shared writing space outside my home, paid someone to help with childcare, and three times a week I go to my little office and write write write. It feels wonderful. On days when I don’t write, we enjoy summer in the city, spending time in parks and pools and pa...

Blog Tour – Guest post by Devyani Saltzman

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