Secrets Beyond the Screen

In my new gig as program director of Sydney Jewish Writers Festival I get to curate author events - what a good gig! The last event for 2022 is an in-conversation with author Anita Jacoby and Michael Visontay at Gertrude and Alice Bookstore. Anita's intriguing memoir, published earlier this year is "Secrets Beyond the Screen".…

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Where is Anne Frank

Really enjoyed interviewing Ari Folman about his latest animation feature Where is Anne Frank screening at Sydney Film Festival. https://plus61j.net.au/editors-picks/bringing-anne-frank-to-life-in-animation/

Justine + Noè

Justine Sless and Noè Harsel co-host Sless to Harsel, an Instagram TV show where they share their enthusiasm for books and writing (Plus61J August 31, 2021) JUSTINE I was born in 1967 in Silksworth, a mining village in the north of England. When I was two years old, my parents separated. My mother re-partnered very…

David + Melissa

https://plus61j.net.au/editors-picks/melissa-is-kind-and-wise-and-judaism-is-part-of-the-ambience-of-our-friendship/?fbclid=IwAR1rloKLVw64zpaDhfsS20Xh2gOFj0835lvQdNw6uoqbDa6v4S9aMTrbDvQ https://fb.watch/6QJTMPgT0A/ Greenpeace Australia chief David Ritter and human rights academic Melissa Castan have ‘an affinity’: they can stop a conversation and two weeks later take up where they left off David Ritter, 50, is the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Melissa Castan, 55, is an Associate Professor of Law and a Deputy Director of…

Both Sides Now – Dulce + Gerry

Dulce Carolina Muñoz Garcia, 39, is a feminist and National Convener of Mums4refugees. Gerardo Navarrete Avalos, 40, is a 4WD buff and marketing executive for an insurance company. Dulce and Gerry both grew up in Mexico and came together to Australia in 2008. https://plus61j.net.au/panel6/dulce-far-fearless-person-know/ DULCE Gerry and I have been together for 20 years, married for 13.…