authors Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/authors/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:53:34 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 authors Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/authors/ 32 32 6446428 Author Marisa Meltzer reflects on fame, feminism and Jewish identity ahead of Sydney visit https://www.jwire.com.au/marisa-meltzer/ https://www.jwire.com.au/marisa-meltzer/#respond Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:53:19 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178016 New York-based journalist and author Marisa Meltzer has built her career exploring women the world too often flattens into symbols, from the founder of Weight Watchers to Jane Birkin, the actress, singer and style icon. In each case, she digs past the caricature to reveal the vivid, complicated human story beneath. Speaking to JWire ahead […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/marisa-meltzer/feed/ 0 178016 Writers’ mass exodus after festival bans Palestinian https://www.jwire.com.au/writers-mass-exodus-after-festival-bans-palestinian/ https://www.jwire.com.au/writers-mass-exodus-after-festival-bans-palestinian/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2026 04:46:28 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176330 Dozens of authors have withdrawn from a major Australian festival over a decision to remove its only Palestinian writer because of “cultural sensitivities”. A growing list of prominent authors who have withdrawn from a major Australian festival after the only Palestinian writer booked for the event was removed by its board. International writers M. Gessen, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/writers-mass-exodus-after-festival-bans-palestinian/feed/ 2 176330 “Don’t Just Be Jewish; Do Jewish”: Zack Bodner’s Bold Blueprint for the 21st Century https://www.jwire.com.au/dont-just-be-jewish-do-jewish-zack-bodners-bold-blueprint-for-the-21st-century/ https://www.jwire.com.au/dont-just-be-jewish-do-jewish-zack-bodners-bold-blueprint-for-the-21st-century/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:58:44 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=167818 In an exclusive interview with J-Wire ahead of his visit to Australia for the Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival, Zack Bodner speaks not just as an author, but as a man deeply embedded in the frontlines of Jewish life. “Judaism isn’t just what you believe; it’s what you do,” he says. “And that doing is how […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/dont-just-be-jewish-do-jewish-zack-bodners-bold-blueprint-for-the-21st-century/feed/ 0 167818 Prestigious award for Sydney writer https://www.jwire.com.au/prestigious-award-for-sydney-writer/ https://www.jwire.com.au/prestigious-award-for-sydney-writer/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:23:40 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=5371 Novelist Diane Armstrong has received the prestigious Biennial Award for Fiction from the Society of Women’s Writers in NSW. Armstrong received the award at Sydney’s Mitchell library yesterday in front of her peers for her latest book “Nocturne”. She told J-Wire: “I had no idea that I had been selected as winner. It was a […]

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