Novel

The Manhattan bookstore that wouldn't host her: Lihi Lapid on what October 7 did to Israeli authors

She landed every novelist's dream: a deal with HarperCollins, a Manhattan launch, a TV adaptation. Then May 2024 arrived, and not a single bookstore would have her.

|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
Lihi Lapid on what October 7 did to Israeli authors
R.F. Kuang attends the Girls Write Now Awards 2024 at DVF Studio on Oct. 10, 2024, in New York City.

Backlash grows over Israeli character in R.F. Kuang’s upcoming novel 'Taipei Story'

Author R.F. Kuang is facing backlash after a leaked excerpt from her new novel included an Israeli character, prompting criticism and calls for a boycott.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
The Irgun Museum in Tel Aviv.

'The Gavriel Tirosh Affair': Unforgettable teacher, lingering memory - review

Yitzhak Shalev’s novel traces the lingering power of a teacher who vanished but never left his students’ minds.

|ByRACHEL PARNESS
From right: 2025 Sapir Prize debut winner Roni Partchek, honored for her novel “Sitara,” with Mifal HaPais CEO Adv. Beni Dreyfus, judging committee chair Dr. Ruth Calderon, Mifal HaPais board chair Itzik Lari, and 2025 Sapir Prize winner Amir Harash, awarded for “Bereavement and Failure and Zombies.

Amir Harash wins Sapir Prize for 2025; Roni Partchek takes debut award

Harash received the top honor at a ceremony held at the National Library of Israel, which hosted the prize event as part of celebrations marking 25 years since the award’s founding. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Book review: Revelatory reunions

Richard Russo’s novel ‘Chances Are…’ is a beguiling, surprising reunion of college friends.

AUGUST 14, 2019ByCOLETTE BANCROFT
REUNIONS – ILLUSTRATIVE.

Book review: Kidnapping on steroids

‘The Chain’ is a kidnap yarn made for the big screen

JULY 31, 2019ByCONNIE OGLE
‘TO GET your child back, you must pay a token ransom and abduct someone else’s child.’

Boris Johnson’s novel, Seventy-Two Virgins: A glimpse into his inner world

The book takes place over a few hours during which a group of Islamic terrorists plan to kidnap the US president while the Johnson-like hero stumbles across the plot and tries to foil it.

JULY 25, 2019ByHANNAH BROWN
Boris Johnson

"Romance on the Road" unites book-lovers across Israel

Groups and events are like oxygen for the growing cadre of enthusiasts of the erotic romance genre.

JULY 10, 2019ByCARMIT SAPIR VITZ
ROMANCE ON the Road has held well-attended book events all over the country, including in Jerusalem, Haifa and Eilat.

Love story between Nazi and Jew roils romance novel community

"Co-opting a genocide to further your specific religious perspective is unacceptable," critic says about 'For Such a Time.'

AUGUST 10, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Cover of 'For Such a Time'