Blue Met Literary Festival: Jewish Writing Series Encourages Exchange Of Ideas by BWW News Desk
- April 11, 2018 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, this year celebrating its 20th anniversary, features authors from 19 countries who write in 15 different languages. Every year, there are diverse themes and special events in this rich and varied festival, with one of the most popular being the Almemar* series. Blue Metropolis' Almemar series brings Jewish writers from near and far to discuss culture, art and humour, all at a stone's throw from the historic Jewish stomping ground of The Main, aka St-Laurent Boulevard. Key events from this series take place on April 28 & 29, with numerous other readings, interviews, and book signings throughout the Festival. Blue Met is one of the best deals around, with most events either free or $10 and under. *Almemar-the raised platform in a synagogue on which the reading desk stands and where the Torah is read; pulpit or 'bema' in Hebrew.
BWW Previews: HARRY POTTER 20th Anniversary Covers Revealed by Bonnie Lynn Wagner
- April 11, 2018 This year marks the 20th anniversary of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE being published in the USA. (Last year marked the 20th anniversary of HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE in the UK.)
To celebrate this iconic anniversary, Scholastic has created new covers for every book in the series, out June 26th. There will be a special collectible boxset out in September with new box art.
BWW Review: LOVE AND OTHER WORDS by Christina Lauren by Bonnie Lynn Wagner
- April 10, 2018 Today, New York Times Best Selling Author Team Christina Lauren release their latest novel, LOVE AND OTHER WORDS.
BroadwayWorld recently reviewed the duo's novel ROOMIES, centered around musicals and Broadway, as well as sat down to chat with them about the musical they created for ROOMIES.