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Under 30 and never met a Booker Prize author? Now is your lucky day.
We're offering an exclusive Q&A with Booker Prize–shortlisted author Ben Markovits at JBW. With free tickets good conversation, and like-minded book lovers, this one's for you: shorturl.at/8KBx3
We're offering an exclusive Q&A with Booker Prize–shortlisted author Ben Markovits at JBW. With free tickets good conversation, and like-minded book lovers, this one's for you: shorturl.at/8KBx3
January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Under 30 and never met a Booker Prize author? Now is your lucky day.
We're offering an exclusive Q&A with Booker Prize–shortlisted author Ben Markovits at JBW. With free tickets good conversation, and like-minded book lovers, this one's for you: shorturl.at/8KBx3
We're offering an exclusive Q&A with Booker Prize–shortlisted author Ben Markovits at JBW. With free tickets good conversation, and like-minded book lovers, this one's for you: shorturl.at/8KBx3
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Joining us for our 75th JBW edition is @jayrayner1.bsky.social leading a sextet of top-flight musicians in fresh arrangements of classics by Sade, Matt Bianco, Working Week, Everything but the Girl, Paul Weller, Sting and more.
Get your jazzy 80s on and book now: rb.gy/8wde76
Get your jazzy 80s on and book now: rb.gy/8wde76
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Joining us for our 75th JBW edition is @jayrayner1.bsky.social leading a sextet of top-flight musicians in fresh arrangements of classics by Sade, Matt Bianco, Working Week, Everything but the Girl, Paul Weller, Sting and more.
Get your jazzy 80s on and book now: rb.gy/8wde76
Get your jazzy 80s on and book now: rb.gy/8wde76
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We’re returning to where our whole jazz thing began 14 years ago. And where the whole festival began 75 years ago.
Joining us for our 75th JBW edition is @jayrayner1.bsky.social leading a sextet of top-flight musicians in fresh arrangements of classics by Sade, Matt Bianco, Working Week, Everything but the Girl, Paul Weller, Sting and more.
Get your jazzy 80s on and book now: rb.gy/8wde76
Get your jazzy 80s on and book now: rb.gy/8wde76
January 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
We’re returning to where our whole jazz thing began 14 years ago. And where the whole festival began 75 years ago.
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Tickets are on sale for Jewish Book Week 2026!
And this year, for our 75th anniversary, we’re going big...
Expect +160 speakers and events at Kings Place, online, and pop-up events across London this 28 Feb - 8 March.
Explore the programme: shorturl.at/6oU2f 🎉 📚
@kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
And this year, for our 75th anniversary, we’re going big...
Expect +160 speakers and events at Kings Place, online, and pop-up events across London this 28 Feb - 8 March.
Explore the programme: shorturl.at/6oU2f 🎉 📚
@kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Tickets are on sale for Jewish Book Week 2026!
And this year, for our 75th anniversary, we’re going big...
Expect +160 speakers and events at Kings Place, online, and pop-up events across London this 28 Feb - 8 March.
Explore the programme: shorturl.at/6oU2f 🎉 📚
@kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
And this year, for our 75th anniversary, we’re going big...
Expect +160 speakers and events at Kings Place, online, and pop-up events across London this 28 Feb - 8 March.
Explore the programme: shorturl.at/6oU2f 🎉 📚
@kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
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How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
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Welcoming the brilliant Esther Freud to our 75th edition of Jewish Book Week!
Esther will delve into her latest novel, 'My Sister and Other Lovers', in conversation with another brilliant novelist soon to be revealed...
Tickets on sale on 8th Jan - shorturl.at/Wr84M
Esther will delve into her latest novel, 'My Sister and Other Lovers', in conversation with another brilliant novelist soon to be revealed...
Tickets on sale on 8th Jan - shorturl.at/Wr84M
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Welcoming the brilliant Esther Freud to our 75th edition of Jewish Book Week!
Esther will delve into her latest novel, 'My Sister and Other Lovers', in conversation with another brilliant novelist soon to be revealed...
Tickets on sale on 8th Jan - shorturl.at/Wr84M
Esther will delve into her latest novel, 'My Sister and Other Lovers', in conversation with another brilliant novelist soon to be revealed...
Tickets on sale on 8th Jan - shorturl.at/Wr84M
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Want to win a surprise set of eight books, sent straight to your door, with all the authors speaking at our Jewish Book Week festival from 28 Feb - 8 March?
Simply sign up to our newsletter for news about the competition, which closes on January 4th: shorturl.at/P1aWD
Simply sign up to our newsletter for news about the competition, which closes on January 4th: shorturl.at/P1aWD
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Want to win a surprise set of eight books, sent straight to your door, with all the authors speaking at our Jewish Book Week festival from 28 Feb - 8 March?
Simply sign up to our newsletter for news about the competition, which closes on January 4th: shorturl.at/P1aWD
Simply sign up to our newsletter for news about the competition, which closes on January 4th: shorturl.at/P1aWD
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Chanukah is just around the corner, and we've got you a special treat...the chance to win a surprise set of 8 books sent to your door! One for every day of Chanukah and all featured in our 2026 JBW festival.
Sign up to our newsletter for updates: shorturl.at/3su3l
Sign up to our newsletter for updates: shorturl.at/3su3l
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Chanukah is just around the corner, and we've got you a special treat...the chance to win a surprise set of 8 books sent to your door! One for every day of Chanukah and all featured in our 2026 JBW festival.
Sign up to our newsletter for updates: shorturl.at/3su3l
Sign up to our newsletter for updates: shorturl.at/3su3l
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Get ready to add books to your shelf because we've just revealed the longlist for our Freudenheim Translation Prize, in partnership with @thetls.bsky.social. Congratulations to all the brilliant translators and authors who've made the list!
Explore the full longlist: shorturl.at/vUltg
Explore the full longlist: shorturl.at/vUltg
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Get ready to add books to your shelf because we've just revealed the longlist for our Freudenheim Translation Prize, in partnership with @thetls.bsky.social. Congratulations to all the brilliant translators and authors who've made the list!
Explore the full longlist: shorturl.at/vUltg
Explore the full longlist: shorturl.at/vUltg
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Get your copy copy here: www.boilerhouse.pres...
Huge congratulations to all those longlisted!
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
@neglectedbooks.com
#smallpress #indiepress #books #freudenheimtranslationprize #jewishliteraryfoundation #longlist #translatedliterature #translatedfiction
Huge congratulations to all those longlisted!
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
@neglectedbooks.com
#smallpress #indiepress #books #freudenheimtranslationprize #jewishliteraryfoundation #longlist #translatedliterature #translatedfiction
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Get your copy copy here: www.boilerhouse.pres...
Huge congratulations to all those longlisted!
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
@neglectedbooks.com
#smallpress #indiepress #books #freudenheimtranslationprize #jewishliteraryfoundation #longlist #translatedliterature #translatedfiction
Huge congratulations to all those longlisted!
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
@neglectedbooks.com
#smallpress #indiepress #books #freudenheimtranslationprize #jewishliteraryfoundation #longlist #translatedliterature #translatedfiction
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‘The Last Thing’ by Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been longlisted for the inaugural 2026 Freuedenheim Translation Prize!
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
‘The Last Thing’ by Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been longlisted for the inaugural 2026 Freuedenheim Translation Prize!
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026
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'The Book Against Death is inevitably also a book against the twentieth century.'
Read Daniel Johnson on The Book Against Death, longlisted for the Freudenheim Translation Prize @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
Read Daniel Johnson on The Book Against Death, longlisted for the Freudenheim Translation Prize @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
Elias Canetti’s one-man war on mortality
www.the-tls.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
'The Book Against Death is inevitably also a book against the twentieth century.'
Read Daniel Johnson on The Book Against Death, longlisted for the Freudenheim Translation Prize @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
Read Daniel Johnson on The Book Against Death, longlisted for the Freudenheim Translation Prize @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
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Do you live in the UK and want to get a free copy of the JBW print programme? Then don't forget to register your interest by 12 December and we'll make sure to send a copy to your front door, packed full of event listings, schedules, and more.
shorturl.at/45t9o
shorturl.at/45t9o
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Do you live in the UK and want to get a free copy of the JBW print programme? Then don't forget to register your interest by 12 December and we'll make sure to send a copy to your front door, packed full of event listings, schedules, and more.
shorturl.at/45t9o
shorturl.at/45t9o
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BOOK OF THE WEEK: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
As we launch our 75th JBW celebrations, what could be more fitting than Daniel Deronda. Eliot’s visionary portrait of Jewish identity astonished her contemporaries and feels even more vital now.
shorturl.at/2l54E
As we launch our 75th JBW celebrations, what could be more fitting than Daniel Deronda. Eliot’s visionary portrait of Jewish identity astonished her contemporaries and feels even more vital now.
shorturl.at/2l54E
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
As we launch our 75th JBW celebrations, what could be more fitting than Daniel Deronda. Eliot’s visionary portrait of Jewish identity astonished her contemporaries and feels even more vital now.
shorturl.at/2l54E
As we launch our 75th JBW celebrations, what could be more fitting than Daniel Deronda. Eliot’s visionary portrait of Jewish identity astonished her contemporaries and feels even more vital now.
shorturl.at/2l54E
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ANNOUNCING Jewish Book Week 2026!
Join us for our landmark 75th anniversary of JBW, taking place from 28 Feb - 8 March. We’re already hard at work on a festival that reflects the richness and depth of Jewish culture today.
Get a flavour what's to come: shorturl.at/8O1LI
Join us for our landmark 75th anniversary of JBW, taking place from 28 Feb - 8 March. We’re already hard at work on a festival that reflects the richness and depth of Jewish culture today.
Get a flavour what's to come: shorturl.at/8O1LI
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ANNOUNCING Jewish Book Week 2026!
Join us for our landmark 75th anniversary of JBW, taking place from 28 Feb - 8 March. We’re already hard at work on a festival that reflects the richness and depth of Jewish culture today.
Get a flavour what's to come: shorturl.at/8O1LI
Join us for our landmark 75th anniversary of JBW, taking place from 28 Feb - 8 March. We’re already hard at work on a festival that reflects the richness and depth of Jewish culture today.
Get a flavour what's to come: shorturl.at/8O1LI
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And now for...a season of book recommendations!
As the leaves fall down, it’s time to turn the leaf of a new book. Check out the best new reads to enjoy this autumn:
shorturl.at/2l54E
As the leaves fall down, it’s time to turn the leaf of a new book. Check out the best new reads to enjoy this autumn:
shorturl.at/2l54E
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And now for...a season of book recommendations!
As the leaves fall down, it’s time to turn the leaf of a new book. Check out the best new reads to enjoy this autumn:
shorturl.at/2l54E
As the leaves fall down, it’s time to turn the leaf of a new book. Check out the best new reads to enjoy this autumn:
shorturl.at/2l54E
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As we launch our inaugural playwrights programme, watch the best of theatre at JBW for free:
| John Lahr & Nicholas Hytner on Arthur Miller
| Shylock: Merchant & Matriarch
| Voices From Pinterland
| Steven Berkoff: A World Elsewhere
Watch now: shorturl.at/FaAh3
| John Lahr & Nicholas Hytner on Arthur Miller
| Shylock: Merchant & Matriarch
| Voices From Pinterland
| Steven Berkoff: A World Elsewhere
Watch now: shorturl.at/FaAh3
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As we launch our inaugural playwrights programme, watch the best of theatre at JBW for free:
| John Lahr & Nicholas Hytner on Arthur Miller
| Shylock: Merchant & Matriarch
| Voices From Pinterland
| Steven Berkoff: A World Elsewhere
Watch now: shorturl.at/FaAh3
| John Lahr & Nicholas Hytner on Arthur Miller
| Shylock: Merchant & Matriarch
| Voices From Pinterland
| Steven Berkoff: A World Elsewhere
Watch now: shorturl.at/FaAh3
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INTRODUCING our inaugural Jewish Playwrights Programme! A very special way to mark the 75th anniversary of JBW:
Joining our first-ever cohort are Rachel Bellman, Stella Green, Sam Thorpe-Spinks, Noga Flaishon, Uri Agnon, and Amitai Landau-Pope.
More info here: shorturl.at/QWHHU
Joining our first-ever cohort are Rachel Bellman, Stella Green, Sam Thorpe-Spinks, Noga Flaishon, Uri Agnon, and Amitai Landau-Pope.
More info here: shorturl.at/QWHHU
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
INTRODUCING our inaugural Jewish Playwrights Programme! A very special way to mark the 75th anniversary of JBW:
Joining our first-ever cohort are Rachel Bellman, Stella Green, Sam Thorpe-Spinks, Noga Flaishon, Uri Agnon, and Amitai Landau-Pope.
More info here: shorturl.at/QWHHU
Joining our first-ever cohort are Rachel Bellman, Stella Green, Sam Thorpe-Spinks, Noga Flaishon, Uri Agnon, and Amitai Landau-Pope.
More info here: shorturl.at/QWHHU
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Exciting news!
Anna Ziegler's acclaimed play 'The Wanderers' is coming to the Marylebone Theatre, London, Oct 17 - Nov 29. After sold-out performances in New York and across the US, don't miss out on tickets here: shorturl.at/eBDlj
Anna Ziegler's acclaimed play 'The Wanderers' is coming to the Marylebone Theatre, London, Oct 17 - Nov 29. After sold-out performances in New York and across the US, don't miss out on tickets here: shorturl.at/eBDlj
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Exciting news!
Anna Ziegler's acclaimed play 'The Wanderers' is coming to the Marylebone Theatre, London, Oct 17 - Nov 29. After sold-out performances in New York and across the US, don't miss out on tickets here: shorturl.at/eBDlj
Anna Ziegler's acclaimed play 'The Wanderers' is coming to the Marylebone Theatre, London, Oct 17 - Nov 29. After sold-out performances in New York and across the US, don't miss out on tickets here: shorturl.at/eBDlj
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Meet our non-fiction Genesis Emerging writers! @Genesis_Fndn
Stav Meishar: Award-winning performance maker/researcher /educator
Laura Godfrey-Isaacs: Interdisciplinary writer/artist
Lottie Whalen: PhD English Literature/author of Radicals and Rogues
shorturl.at/M9jBP
Stav Meishar: Award-winning performance maker/researcher /educator
Laura Godfrey-Isaacs: Interdisciplinary writer/artist
Lottie Whalen: PhD English Literature/author of Radicals and Rogues
shorturl.at/M9jBP
September 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Meet our non-fiction Genesis Emerging writers! @Genesis_Fndn
Stav Meishar: Award-winning performance maker/researcher /educator
Laura Godfrey-Isaacs: Interdisciplinary writer/artist
Lottie Whalen: PhD English Literature/author of Radicals and Rogues
shorturl.at/M9jBP
Stav Meishar: Award-winning performance maker/researcher /educator
Laura Godfrey-Isaacs: Interdisciplinary writer/artist
Lottie Whalen: PhD English Literature/author of Radicals and Rogues
shorturl.at/M9jBP
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The secret to good writing?
Spending a weekend retreat at the gorgeous @CaerBerisManor with such a talented cohort of writers for this year's Genesis Emerging Writers Programme. @Genesis_Fndn
It was a joy to meet the cohort and we can't wait to see their projects develop!
Spending a weekend retreat at the gorgeous @CaerBerisManor with such a talented cohort of writers for this year's Genesis Emerging Writers Programme. @Genesis_Fndn
It was a joy to meet the cohort and we can't wait to see their projects develop!
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The secret to good writing?
Spending a weekend retreat at the gorgeous @CaerBerisManor with such a talented cohort of writers for this year's Genesis Emerging Writers Programme. @Genesis_Fndn
It was a joy to meet the cohort and we can't wait to see their projects develop!
Spending a weekend retreat at the gorgeous @CaerBerisManor with such a talented cohort of writers for this year's Genesis Emerging Writers Programme. @Genesis_Fndn
It was a joy to meet the cohort and we can't wait to see their projects develop!
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BOOK OF THE WEEK: Daughters of the Labyrinth, by Ruth Padel
Celebrated poet, novelist and non-fiction author Ruth Padel brings her sure-footed sense of place and identity to this lyrical exploration of the end of almost 2500 years of history of the Jews of Crete.
shorturl.at/2l54E
Celebrated poet, novelist and non-fiction author Ruth Padel brings her sure-footed sense of place and identity to this lyrical exploration of the end of almost 2500 years of history of the Jews of Crete.
shorturl.at/2l54E
August 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Daughters of the Labyrinth, by Ruth Padel
Celebrated poet, novelist and non-fiction author Ruth Padel brings her sure-footed sense of place and identity to this lyrical exploration of the end of almost 2500 years of history of the Jews of Crete.
shorturl.at/2l54E
Celebrated poet, novelist and non-fiction author Ruth Padel brings her sure-footed sense of place and identity to this lyrical exploration of the end of almost 2500 years of history of the Jews of Crete.
shorturl.at/2l54E
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Remember when Mark Glanville got the entire audience on their feet with this riveting performance at JBW 2025?
Joined by Pugliese group Amaraterrra and the outstanding klezmer violinist Anna Lowenstein, enjoy this musical treat on JLF Player: shorturl.at/TCoJz
Joined by Pugliese group Amaraterrra and the outstanding klezmer violinist Anna Lowenstein, enjoy this musical treat on JLF Player: shorturl.at/TCoJz
August 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Remember when Mark Glanville got the entire audience on their feet with this riveting performance at JBW 2025?
Joined by Pugliese group Amaraterrra and the outstanding klezmer violinist Anna Lowenstein, enjoy this musical treat on JLF Player: shorturl.at/TCoJz
Joined by Pugliese group Amaraterrra and the outstanding klezmer violinist Anna Lowenstein, enjoy this musical treat on JLF Player: shorturl.at/TCoJz
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Didn't get a chance to see the Spectator's Sam Leith's brilliant talk at JBW about how the stories we encounter in childhood shape us?
Watch now on JLF Player, where Sam discusses his book 'The Haunted Wood' with Toby Lichtig from @thetls.bsky.social
@questingvole.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bPL7W
Watch now on JLF Player, where Sam discusses his book 'The Haunted Wood' with Toby Lichtig from @thetls.bsky.social
@questingvole.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bPL7W
August 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Didn't get a chance to see the Spectator's Sam Leith's brilliant talk at JBW about how the stories we encounter in childhood shape us?
Watch now on JLF Player, where Sam discusses his book 'The Haunted Wood' with Toby Lichtig from @thetls.bsky.social
@questingvole.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bPL7W
Watch now on JLF Player, where Sam discusses his book 'The Haunted Wood' with Toby Lichtig from @thetls.bsky.social
@questingvole.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bPL7W
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if you are likely to be trying to get a small child to nap or stay asleep at 3pm on a Sunday in September: BEWARE
On on Sunday 7 September at 3pm, at the UK government is testing the emergency alert system. If you have a person in your life who:
• is confused by phones
• has issues with paranoia/noise sensitivity/ptsd
• has a secret phone stashed
Give them a heads up.
www.gov.uk/alerts
• is confused by phones
• has issues with paranoia/noise sensitivity/ptsd
• has a secret phone stashed
Give them a heads up.
www.gov.uk/alerts
About Emergency Alerts
Your mobile phone or tablet may get an emergency alert if there’s a danger to life nearby. Alerts tell you what to do to stay safe.
www.gov.uk
July 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
if you are likely to be trying to get a small child to nap or stay asleep at 3pm on a Sunday in September: BEWARE