Interviews & Presentations

Jewish News of Northern California Highlights Local Authors’ Children’s Books

Who knew there were so many local children’s writers publishing books on Jewish themes?  Journalist Andrew Esenstein found us and conducted interviews in preparation for this article in the August 19, 2022 issue of J Magazine, Jewish News of Northern California:   “Children’s books by local Jewish authors educate and delight.”

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Winner’s Circle, IFL Institute, May 2022 interview

It was great to be part of the Institute for Children’s Writers “Published Grads” in an interview May 13, 2022.  I think my favorite questions was this one: If you could travel back in time and give yourself one piece of writing advice, how far back would you go, and what would you tell yourself?…

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Presentation with Antonia Lavine at the Jewish Community Library

My first long presentation, about 40 minutes to an adult audience on zoom attending a program sponsored by the Jewish Community Library of San Francisco and the National Council of Jewish Women-SF. I shared information about how picture books are created and published, along with the characteristics of good picture books. The major part of…

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Another presentation at the Assoc. of Jewish Libraries Fall Showcase

The Association of Jewish Libraries hosted a fall showcase of 2021 children’s book authors on November 9, 2021. About 30 authors were featured, and I was one of two debut authors. Some of the presenters are well published, such as the Baby Loves Science board book series by Ruth Spiro.

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SCBWI Virtual Book Launch Presentation

The South Bay section of my professional association, Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) hosted a book launch presentation for new fall 2021 authors on Oct 24, 2021. For this presentation, each author had 8 minutes to talk about his/her book. I enjoyed hearing about other YA and MG books, particularly a chapter…

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Interview with Bonnie and Illustrator Sofia Moore

History writer and award-winning author Barbara Krasner writes Jewish-themed poetry, articles, nonfiction books, and novels for children and adults. She included this interview on her blog “The Whole Megillah.” (Excerpts, below. The Whole Megillah (TWM): Welcome, Bonnie Lindauer and Sofia Moore! Bonnie, let’s start with you. What inspired you to write about Hannah G. Solomon? Bonnie Lindauer (BL): As…

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Outcome from Jewish Network Conference

As a result of my two-minute pitch at the Jewish Network Conference in May, I’ve been invited to make a presentation and book talk to children in 3rd to 5th grades at the Sutton Place Synagogue’s Jackson Religious School, New York City, on Feb. 2, 2022.  Really excited about this!        

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