https://youtu.be/FccOiqREtVc?

#authorslife #writing #publishing #bookchat #booktalk #authorchat #bookstodon

#BookTalk | Stefanie Halpern on the book 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and YIVO’s role in documenting key moments in modern Jewish history | Registration: https://yivo.org/100-Objects-YBC

April 30, 2026 | 7pm ET | 1am CEST | On Zoom

#BookTalk | A discussion with Jelen and Finkel about their book Menachem Kipnis: Yiddish Folklore and Photographs from Interwar Poland, Moderation: Matan M. Meir | Registration: https://yivo.org/Menachem-Kipnis

April 29, 2026 | 1pm ET | 7pm CEST | On Zoom

Tonight! Thurs April 23:
Speculative Fiction and the Fight against Fascism
Su Sokol and Rachel Rosen

7PM
St Stephen in the fields Church
103 Bellevue Avenue, Toronto

https://www.blogto.com/events/speculative-fiction-and-the-fight-against-fascism-toronto/

#Toronto #SpeculativeFiction #BookTalk #SolarPunk #AntiFascist #Fascism

#BookTalk | Aya Elyada on her book A Lingering Legacy: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818-1938 showing how Old Yiddish texts continued to be retold, translated, adapted, discussed, and explored | Registration: https://yivo.org/Yiddish-in-German-Jewish-Culture

April 27, 2026 | 1pm ET | 7pm CEST | On Zoom

#BookTalk | Anna C. Schultz on her book Echoes of Translation: Audibility and Relationally in Indian Jewish Women’s Songs about the Western Indian Jewish Bene Israel and their sonic translations | Registration: https://yivo.org/Bene-Israel

April 20, 2026 | 7pm ET | 1am CEST | On Zoom

#BookTalk | Devorah Baum talks with David Baddiel on his book My Family | The Parkes Institute | Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-baddiel-a-discussion-about-my-family-with-devorah-baum-tickets-1982879069675?aff=hnet

April 21, 2026 | 6:30 PM BST | Hybrid

4 Ways Specificity Drives Your Story Forward

Detail creates story movement by inviting the reader into your story’s experience.
Sometimes.
If you apply that detail indiscriminately, it’s equally possible that you’ll entangle your reader and dilute your story’s point. When seeking a balance between enticing and telling all, remember to leave room for the reader who wants to enter your story.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/09/4-ways-specificity-drives-your-story-forward/

#BookTalk #CRAFT #Inspirations #AlltheColorsoftheDark #character

🎯 Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list!

LAW AND TECHNOLOGY explores how law can guide innovation while protecting human rights & defending digital freedoms ⚖️💻

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-law-and-technology-with-ryan-calo-and-danielle-citron/

@internetarchive @AuthorsAlliance @daniellecitron #LawAndTechnology #DigitalRights #TechPolicy