"His books have not just been good for the Jews; they have been great." – Joel Yanofsky, Literary Review of Canada
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!On Wednesday of this week Wex will be appearing at Burlington Central Library.
Please join him at 7pm when he will be giving a reading three extracts from his latest novel The Frumkiss Family Business. After the reading there will be a question and answer session.
If you've been kind enough to actually buy your own copy of... Read more here
Tonight we are going to a dinner for the opening of the International Festival of Authors.
Michael will be appearing twice at the IFOA. This Sunday October 24th he will be giving a reading at Lakeside Terrace at 1pm with fellow authors Trevor Cole, Dan Rhodes and Meaghan Strimas. Then on Saturday October 30th he will be participating in a round table discussion entitled "Writing Home" at the Studio Theatre... Read more here
Who doesn't love Chanukah gelt?
And here's a company that specializes in shipping Chanukah chocolate, party favours, Purim supplies and much more!
Chocolategelt.com is located in Long Island, NY. FedEx picks up from them every day (except in the summer months when they don't ship any perishable items) which allows them to ship orders immediately after they are packed.
They describe their goal as to provide... Read more here
The Frumkiss Family Business has appeared in second place in Canadian Living's guide to "The 10 best books for the CanLit fan on your list" for the holidays.
Others in the guide include Sandra Birdsell's Waiting for Joe, Ruth Rakoff's When My World Was Very Small and Jane Urquart's Sanctuary Line.
This is wonderful news especially coming right before the International Festival of Authors which begins this... Read more here
We just heard that Born to Kvetch has been selected in Steven Poole's non-fiction pick for tomorrow's Books section of The Guardian in England.
Born to Kvetch was originally published in the States in 2005 and quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Last year it was published by Souvenir Press for the first time in the UK and we're delighted that it has received this recognition from one of Britain's... Read more here
As I mentioned on Friday, Wex was interviewed by Bernie Bellan, editor of The Jewish Post and News, during his recent visit to the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Here are some excerpts from that interview:
Is writing novels of this type something that you’re going to be continuing to do or is this a one-shot affair?
“I hope not. I started out writing fiction. My first book – which nobody ... Read more here
You can't beat a smoking dodo on the front cover of your novel.
A couple of weeks ago Wex appeared at the Winnipeg International Writers Festival.
While there he was interviewed by Bernie Bellan, editor of The Jewish Post and News, who was also kind enough to publish a rather lovely review of Wex's new novel, The Frumkiss Family Business.
(We will be running Mr. Bellan's interview with Wex in its... Read more here
