JCC Boston Jewish Book Fair

2110/2011 Boston Jewish Book Festival

Book Festival Day
Sunday, November 21, 2010 (11am-5pm)

A literary celebration of Jewish books and authors.  Day includes keynote brunch with celebrated author, writer's workshop, and rooms dedicated to fiction, politics, religion and more.  Program schedule and cost TBA.

Be Your Own Publisher!
A Workshop on Publishing-on-Demand
Sunday, November 21 (3-5:30pm)

Print-on-Demand and self-publishing remain avenues whereby authors can get their books out into the market and not blow their budgets, providing they do their homework and don't get carried away by dreams of best sellers.  Small publishers are needed for variety, new ideas, and the preservation of valuable stories and materials.  Paul Stone, author of So it Seems and Creative Director of W.B.Mason; Steve Glines, founder of the ISCS Press, and Doug Holder, founder of the Ibbetson Street Press, will introduce this brave new world of publishing.

Cost: $25/member or $30/nonmember.  Register at www.jccgb.org/register.

Book Clubs

Distinguished Authors
Read and discuss books by Boston Jewish Book Festival participating authors. Book Club meetings will be facilitated by professional moderators.

Meets Wednesdays at 7pm: Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1, Jan 5, Feb 2, March 2, April 6 and May 4.  Cost: $60/member or $75/nonmember.  Register at www.jccgb.org/register.

Reader's Choice Book Club
Reading selections will be chosen by the group.  Participants are asked to read The Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore for the first session. Meets Tuesdays at 7pm: Oct 12, Nov 9, Dec 14, Jan 11, Feb 8, March 9, April 13, May 11.  

Cost: $60/member or $75/nonmember.  Register at www.jccgb.org/register .

Between the Lines Book Club
2010-2011 Theme: Between Two Worlds
This book club looks at questioning and/or rebellion in several contexts: new immigrant caught between two cultures, an evocative look at life in North Africa, the moral dilemma of a contemporary American orthodox woman, a classic work of daring star-crossed lovers, and a mystical longing for unity.  Bring your lunch or pre-purchase a box lunch prepared by Dushez Catering.  Book selections include:

The Dybbuk
My Father's Paradise
Septembers of Shiraz
The Rabbi's Cat
Lost in Translation

Meets Mondays at 12:30pm: Oct 4, Nov 1, Dec 6, Jan 3, Feb 7. Please read Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls for the first meeting.

Cost: $60/member or $75/nonmember.  Register at www.jccgb.org/register.

Literary Pass

Your passport to the Boston Jewish Book Fair at a special discounted price!

JCC member: $16
Nonmember: $18

Institutional Co-sponsors:
Consulate General of Israel to New England
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Hadassah
Hebrew College
JCC Early Learning Centers
JCC Grossman, Kaleidoscope, Maccabi Camp Kingswood, and sports camps
Jewish Book Council
Mayyim Hayyim
The PJ Library
Synagogue Council of New England
Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston
South Area Solomon Schechter Day School
Temple Reyim

Media Sponsor: Gate House Media

The Boston Jewish Book Fair gratefully acknowledges:
Sheraton Needham Hotel
Whole Foods Market