The Jewish Book NETWORK is a membership organization of over 100 participating community sites, JCCs synagogues, Hillels, Jewish Federations, and other Jewish organizations, that host Jewish book programs. Through the NETWORK, the Jewish Book Council provides extensive resources to book program coordinators. This includes introduction to authors interested in touring Jewish book events, book club author call-in opportunities, advice from experts on topics that impact upon book programs, and the opportunity to network with others in their field.

The Jewish Book NETWORK provides a unique service designed to benefit Jewish book programming and Jewish communities, authors and publishers. Even though the program arranges for authors to speak around the country, it is not a speakers' bureau. Rather, it is a membership organization that connects authors with Jewish audiences, and promotes Jewish culture through Jewish book events.

Your organization’s membership entitles you to:
• the opportunity to host the current year’s NETWORK authors without an honorarium
• participate in the annual Jewish Book NETWORK Conference held at the end of May (additional registration fee)
• order a set of each touring author’s book (charge for shipping unless attending the conference)
• a reduced fee for BookExpo America through the JBC
• consultation with JBC staff on issues pertaining to book programs
• access password-protected resource center in the NETWORK section of
the JBC website
• a subscription to Jewish Book World, the JBC’s quarterly book review
magazine
• a Jewish Book Month kit (includes Jewish Book Month posters and
bookmarks)

Jewish Book NETWORK author tours

The Jewish Book NETWORK tours approximately 200 authors each year. These authors, under the special terms of the Jewish Book NETWORK, are available for no honorarium to Jewish Book NETWORK members only, provided the hosting venue pays the author's travel expenses and the event includes a book sale.

To see the authors who were on tour with the Jewish Book NETWORK for the 2008-2009 season, please click here.

To find out about applying for a membership to the Jewish Book NETWORK, please contact the Jewish Book Council office at 212-201-2920 or jbc@jewishbooks.org.





For information about booking an author on tour with the Jewish Book NETWORK, please contact the Jewish Book Council office at 212-201-2920 or jbc@jewishbooks.org.