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Blog Tour!

At the Vancouver Writers’ Fest with Theodora Armstrong

Theodora Armstrong, author of the wonderful short story collection Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility(which was nominated for the BC Book Prize) asked me to participate in a blog tour, and answer some questions about my writing and process. I’ve been a rotten blogger recently so I figured it would be a chance to post something new. (I have, however, been writing new material, which I am very excited about!)

I met Theo at the Vancouver’s...

Some exciting news

Remember when I used to blog? Whathappened to that? Oh, right. I had a baby. And I work. And I write. Well, sometimes I do, though this past month has been all about grant applications and mentoring other writers (which is also great). June 15th is my day to get back to writing and I cannot wait!

I do have several pieces of wonderful news to share:

1) The Best Place on Earth is going to be published in Italian! The publisher is Nuova Editrice Berti, and they make beautiful books.Sono eccitato!

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Writer in Residence, New York, Podcast, Interviews, Readings…

My writer-in-residence office at Crescent School

It’s a busy busy time. Sean went to work full time, which means I have to juggle momming and writing and teaching and promoting. It’s been crazy. So here’s a quick recap of some new and exciting things that are happening. I am now (and for the next three weeks) the writer in residence at Crescent School in Toronto, working with high school students on their independent study projects for their Writers’ Craft class. The students are wonderful, an...

Event in New York City

I am thrilled to be doing an event in New York City next week, on April 1st. The New America Foundation (“anonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States”) invited me to talk about The Best Place on Earth , Mizrahi identity andIsraeli contemporary literature at their snazzy Soho location. I get to talk with two fiercely intelligent women, internationally-published and acclaimed jour...

The Best Place on Earth is One Year Old!

A year ago today! Signing books at Book City on the Danforth

How could it have been a year already? The Best Place on Earth is one year old today! I remember that this day last year was just as gloomy and miserable as today is. I remember feeling anxious and a little bit crazy and not as joyous as I had wanted to feel (that elated feeling came the following day, at my launch, which was hands down the best party I ever had) I remember that that morning I struggled to zip up my parka, which was...

Pictures from my Events in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa

Only a month (and a week) late! I finally got around to go through some of the photos from my events with the New Israel Fund of Canada in February. It was a pleasure to tour with the NIFCAN, and to speak in those different cities. The event in Toronto was at the Gladstone Hotel, and I was interviewed by Gabe Gonda of the Globe and Mail who asked some tough questions, including one that started with, “So there’s a lot of sex in the book,” (to which I replied with, “Yes. Yes, there is.”) It wa...

Glowing Review in The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin

A wonderful, well-written review of The Best Place on Earth appeared in The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. Reviewer Mira Sucharov calls the book ”Smart, sexy and absorbing.” Sucahrov also says,”I didn’t want to put down The Best Place on Earth… but I frequently did. I wanted to savour each story, willing the book not to end. Though, when I did sometimes read straight from one story to the next, I realized how flawless is Tsabari’s ability to introduce us to a new set of characters with a new set of...

Reading at the Wonderful Women Writers Series

I’m reading at the Wonderful Women Writers Series on February 27th, at 5:00pm with Elizabeth Ruth. The event is sponsored bythe Centre for Women’s Studies in Education at OISE/University of Toronto and will be hosted by their current writer-in-residence, Dr. Nora Gold. The centre is (from their website)”committed to promoting, supporting, and enriching feminist work at OISE and UofT; and connecting scholarship, education, and activism through constructive and critical dialogues with feminist...

One Last Glance

My sister just called to tell me that the house is gone. My heart hurts.

Letting Go of Books and Houses

The House

Last week my mother and her partner moved to a new temporary home, leaving behind the house she had lived in for the past thirty years, the house my father had planned and built before he passed away. Sean, Baby and I moved with them, at least for the next few days before going back to Canada.

I wrote the following post in December, when the idea that the house would soon be torn down didn’t fully sink in. Then I got busy—packing, cleaning, teaching workshops, visiting friends and fam...