Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberWith the pub­li­ca­tion of Kristin Han­nah’s new book, The Nightin­gale, ear­li­er this month, JBC Book Clubs worked in coop­er­a­tion with…

Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberThe Post­script series is a spe­cial peek ​“behind the scenes” of a book. It’s a juicy lit­tle extra some­thing to add to…

What trends in adult lit­er­a­ture often sees its reflec­tion in children’s pub­li­ca­tions — and now, more than ever, the oth­er way around. In review­ing the 2014 – 2015 JBC…

This week, JBC Net­work author Wendy Wax, the author of While We Were Watch­ing Down­ton Abbey, blogs for The Post­script on the inspi­ra­tion for writ­ing her newest…

This week, Lau­ren Grod­stein, the author of The Expla­na­tion for Every­thing, A Friend of the Fam­i­ly, and Repro­duc­tion is the Flaw of Love and the sto­ry col­lec­tion…

This week, David Schmah­mann, the author of The Dou­ble Life of Alfred Buber, Empire Set­tings, and Ivory From Par­adise, blogs for The Post­script on the risk of being…

JBC Book Clubs is ask­ing: what does it take to lead a book club?** We start­ed this series hear­ing from Sarah Rind­ner about the exten­sive research she does before…

This week, Bar­bara Aske­nas and Michal Smart, co-edi­tors of the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award-win­ning book Kad­dish: Wom­en’s Voic­es blogs for The Post­script on why…

This week, Alyson Rich­man, the author of The Lost Wife and the forth­com­ing The Gar­den of Let­ters (com­ing in Sep­tem­ber from Berkley) blogs for The…

This week, Jean Hanff Kore­litz, the author of You Should Have Known (avail­able today from Grand Cen­tral Pub­lish­ing) as well as four pre­vi­ous nov­els, a poet­ry…

This week, Joan­na Her­shon, the author of A Dual Inher­i­tance (now in paper­back!) and The Ger­man Bride blogs for The Post­script on meet­ing a man who…

This week, Jen­nifer Gilmore, the author of The Moth­ers, Some­thing Red, and Gold­en Coun­try blogs for The Post­script on find­ing her newest voice and a new writ­ing…

This week, Anne-Marie O’Con­nor, the author of The Lady in Gold: The Extra­or­di­nary Tale of Gus­tav Klimt’s Mas­ter­piece, Por­trait of Adele Bloch-Bauer blogs for The…

Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberA few months ago, The New York Times’ Book Review sec­tion ran a ​“Book­ends” item that asked, ​“Are we too con­cerned that char­ac­ters be…

This week, Randy Susan Mey­ers, author of The Com­fort of Lies and The Mur­der­er’s Daugh­ters, blogs for the JBC about a spe­cial (and deli­cious) offer for book…

Any­one who has been appoint­ed the leader of their book club knows that it can be a chal­leng­ing job.And any­one who has sat through a book club dis­cus­sion that…