Author Arnold Zable in conversation with Nicole Abadee

Interview with Arnold Zable, the author of The Watermill Celebrated author Arnold Zable returns to SJWF to discuss his latest book, The Watermill. The collection of four stories explores themes of past trauma, healing, displacement and belonging,

Author Esther Amini in conversation with Karmel Melamed

Interview with author of Concealed: Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian Daughter Caught Between the Chador and America Born to Persian Jews who fled Iran, Esther Amini grew up in freewheeling 1960s New York. Concealed: Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian

Israel Stories – Ron Ben Yishai

Dive into the life of one of Israel's most celebrated authors, Ron Ben Yishai as part of Shalom's Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Author Helena Kriel in conversation with Rita Nash

Helena Kriel’s debut memoir, set in 1990s South Africa, emerges from the darkness of apartheid. The Year of Facing Fire centres around Helena’s dying brother, who has kept his illness a shameful secret as he leads his

Matti Friedman in conversation with Michael Misrachi

Award-winning author Matti Friedman discussing his latest book, Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at The Birth of Israel. Revel in the gripping true story of four Mizrachi agents as they assume Arab identities. We follow their

Israel Stories – Dorit Rabinyan

Dive into the life of one of Israel's most celebrated authors Dorit Rabinyan, as part of Shalom's Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Israel Stories – Gil Hovav

Dive into the life of one of Israel's most celebrated authors and food critics Gil Hovav, grandson of the famed reviver of the modern Hebrew Language Eliezer Ben Yehudah, as part of Shalom's Sydney Jewish

Israel Stories – Meir Shalev

Dive into the life of one of Israel's most celebrated authors, Meir Shalev as part of Shalom's Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Yiddish translator Arun Viswanath in conversation with Dvora Zylberman (in English)

Explore the magical world of Harry Potter through the eyes of Yiddish Translator Arun Schaechter Viswanath in conversation with Dvora Zylberman

Esther Safran Foer in conversation with Andrew Jakubowicz

Esther Safran Foer grew up in a home where the past was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust