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Jewish Book Carnival HQ

Welcome to the headquarters of the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read and comment on each others’ posts.

The carnival was started by Heidi Rabinowitz and Marie Cloutier to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It runs every month on the 15th (or close to the 15th when it falls on Shabbat).

The default location for the Carnival will be here at People of the Books but we encourage you to contact Heidi at [email protected] if you would like to host the Carnival on your blog.

Feel free to download and save the logo, and use it on your blog posts or sidebar. Please do not link directly to the picture.

The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you’re participating, we hope you’ll stop by, join and take part!

The purposes of the Jewish Book Carnival are:

To build community among bloggers who feature Jewish books on their blogs
To promote Jewish reading, and fields supporting this reading such as publishing and library services

Appropriate content for Jewish Book Carnival submissions includes:

Reviews of Jewish books
Interviews with authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, librarians, etc. about Jewish literature
Reporting on Jewish literary events (or the Jewish angle at non-Jewish events)
Reflective essays related to Jewish literature, which may include reflections on the process of creating a specific title (this is the one instance in which authors/publshers might discuss one of their own books, in a meaningful and non-commercial way that serves a larger goal)

While the Carnival is open to participation by blogging authors and publishers, we wish to avoid “shameless commerce” (as NPR's Car Talk puts it), and we ask that authors and publishers not submit posts directly promoting their own products.

Upcoming Schedule

December 2020 will be hosted by Reuven Chaim Klein at The Rachack Review. To participate, submit your link by December 11, 2020 to [email protected] and please include "Jewish Book Carnival" in the subject line. One link per participant is preferred.

January 2021 will be hosted by Heidi Slowinski at her self-titled blog. To participate, submit your link by January 12, 2021 to [email protected] and please include "Jewish Book Carnival" in the subject line. One link per participant is preferred.

March 2021 will be hosted by Yael Shahar at Memory & Redemption. To participate, submit your link by March 11, 2021 to [email protected] and please include "Jewish Book Carnival" in the subject line. One link per participant is preferred.

April 2021 will be hosted by Mirta Ines Trupp at her Jewish Historical Fiction blog. To participate, submit your link by April 11, 2021 to [email protected] and please include "Jewish Book Carnival" in the subject line. One link per participant is preferred.

The Participants:

Adventures in MamaLand

Ann D. Koffsky

Bagels, Books & Schmooze

Barbara Bietz

The Best Chapter

Book of Life Podcast

Book Q&A's with Deborah Kalb