"The Gorgeous George of Canadian literature" – Michael Wex
How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) comes out in paperback across North America next Tuesday.
To mark this, Wex was interviewed by Dan Levin at Shalom Life about what it means to be a mentsh.
"A mentsh is the kind of person you would call a stand up person,” he says. “Somebody who can be counted on to do the right thing even when no one else is looking. Even when doing the right thing might not be... Read more here
Michael Wex by Suzanne McLaren
As I mentioned on Thursday, Wex was recently interviewed by Zoomer Magazine.
Athena McKenzie-Parkin asks Michael five questions about his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business including where the original idea for the book came from, whether the main character Faktor is based on a real person and how Wex feels about being compared to Mordecai Richler and Philip Roth.
You... Read more here
We love Pop Judaica - they have the funkiest, funniest, coolest Judaica around! (They've also stocked Wex's books so we heart them big time.)
Pop Judaica describe themselves an online retailer that caters to the Jewish demographic. They are dedicated to providing you with funny Jewish gifts that will make you giggle and smile about being Jewish. They have recently teamed up with Modern Tribe and now have... Read more here
The Frumkiss Family Business gets its first recommendation in the September edition of Zoomer Magazine, Canada's boomer lifestyle magazine.
We're thrilled at this early support for the book from Moses Znaimer's publication that describes zoomers as "baby boomers with zip" and is aimed at Canadians over 45 "who embrace life with experience and confidence and who aren't afraid of change".
Michael was... Read more here
The "Frumkiss" display at Indigo, Yonge and Eglinton
Sorry this picture is so large, but we're a bit over-excited.
Today marks the publication of Michael's new book The Frumkiss Family Business.
If you live in Canada please rush out to your nearest bookstore and grab one. Or ten. If you're in the rest of the world please go online and order your copy now!
Our daughter thanks you for your support... Read more here
