JCC Book Festival 2025
December 11th, 2024
The 40th annual JCC Jewish Book Festival will be held from February 22-27, 2025, featuring authors from across Canada, USA and Israel.
The lineup of authors scheduled to appear at the festival will explore a diverse range of topics from controversial political statements, quirky comedy writing, history in the shadow of the Holocaust, to thrilling local stories written by local BC writers.
“As we approach this milestone 40th festival we are filled with excitement and anticipation for what it represents—a culmination of hard work, creativity, and growth,” says Festival Director, Dana Camil Hewitt. “It’s a powerful reminder of the progress we’ve made and of our mission to continue creating relevant, engaging and safe space for Jewish literature and conversation, for community, ideas and dialogue. The nucleus of our festival is Jewish-themed, but our speakers, events and audience happily represent a diversity of cultures and lived experiences that defy narrow categorization. Everyone is welcome, we build community and bridge identities across divides!”
The BC authors, writers and artists that will be featured during this event are:
- Mark Braude – author of Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris (WW Norton, 2022)
- Olga Campbell – visual artist and author
- Roger Frie – author of Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm, Fascism, and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2024)
- Eli Greenbaum – author of Hell, No, We Didn’t Go! Firsthand Accounts of Vietnam War Protest and Resistance (University Press of Kansas, 2024)
- Stan Lubin – author of 123 Very Short Stories from a Very Long Life in Medicine (FriesenPress, 2023)
- Karine Rashkovsky – author of An Improbable Life: My Father’s Escape from Soviet Russia (Cherry Orchard Books, 2024)
- Selina Robinson – author of Truth be Told (will be published on December 18, 2024)
- Ellen Schwartz – author of Friends to the Rescue (Apples & Honey Press, 2024)
- Tom Wayman (at right) – author of The Road to Appledore or How I Got Back to the Land Without Ever Having Lived There in the First Place (Harbour, 2024)
Regular updates about the event can be found on www.jccgv.com/jewish-book-festival where their digital program guide will be available after January 2, 2025.
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