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London’s longest running literary festival returns to Kings Place, bringing together over 150 speakers across 90 events in-person and online. Covering fiction, faith, politics, music, and everything in between, the 74th edition will see world-renowned thinkers take the stage, from Nicholas Hytner, Emma Barnett, and Simon Sebag Montefiore to Jonathan Freedland, Elif Shafak, Susan Neiman, and Lionel Shriver.

Presented by the Jewish Literary Foundation, the 74th edition Jewish Book Week will grapple with our fast-changing world through a challenging and enriching programme. Among those speaking for the first time are Private Eye diarist Craig Brown, screenwriter and comedic talent Robert Popper, author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi, football manager David Pleat, and award-winning Ukrainian writer Ilya Kaminsky. They feature alongside returning favourites Anne Sebba, Anthony Julius, Maureen Lipman and Ariana Neumann.

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After Winter: A Song for Marj

Words / Jewish Book Week

Singer Mark Glanville returns to Kings Place with a homage to his late partner Marjorie Morrison - and to music, the art form that enabled him to cope with her passing.

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Bearing Witness: Documenting 7 October and Its Aftermath

Words / Jewish Book Week

Historian Ilan Troen and NLI Head of Collections Raquel Ukeles discuss the challenges and ethical considerations of building The National Library of Israel's Bearing Witness Archive.

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Roosevelt & the Jews

Words / History

An insightful talk from Professor Andrew Porwancher on the US President Theodore Roosevelt’s deep connection and complex relationship with Jews.

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Jewish Book Week Online Events - Monday

Jewish Book Week / Jewish Book Week

The first day of online events at Jewish Book Week 2025 includes a range of four fascinating separate events: a discussion on centrist political strategy with Yair Zivan, an exploration of endangered language with Ross Perlin, a holistic Jewish perspective on military ethics from Rabbi Dr Shlomo Brody, and an investigation 'On Settler Colonialism' from Adam Kirsch.

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Jewish Book Week Online Events - Tuesday

Words / Jewish Book Week

Tuesday's selection of online events as part of Jewish Book Week 2025 include: stories behind the priceless artefacts of the National Library of Israel with Raquel Ukeles, a freshly humanising perspective on the life of Anne Frank from Ruth Franklin, a celebration of the subversive, influential humour of MAD magazine with David Mirics and Liel Leibovitz, and an examination of a recent crisis of institutional ideals observed by Cary Nelson on worldwide University campuses.

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Jewish Book Week Online Events - Wednesday

Words / Jewish Book Week

The third day of online events at Jewish Book Week 2025 features Denis Hirson recreates 1960s Johannesburg in his breathtaking memoir, while Historian Jehuda Reinharz discusses his co-authored new biography of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann.

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Being Human

Words / Science

Are our emotions and behaviours shaped by biology alone, or is there something deeper at play? And are we truly less psychologically healthy than past generations? Two leading medical experts tackle these pressing questions.

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Is Geography Destiny?

Words / Jewish Book Week

Stanford Historian Ian Morris explores the mutual influences between geography and civilisations, and the way they have shaped our interconnected world.

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Joe Dunthorne: Children of Radium

Words / Jewish Book Week

Joe Dunthorne’s great-grandfather, Siegfried, was a legendary figure in his family’s history: a Jewish refugee who daringly returned to Nazi Germany during the Berlin Olympics to stage a heist on his own home, and the eccentric inventor of radioactive toothpaste.

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David Pleat: Just One More Goal

Words / Jewish Book Week

Join David Pleat, Britain’s most successful Jewish football manager, as he reflects on a remarkable journey through football’s changing landscape.

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Dunkirk and Blitz: Making History Matter

Words / Jewish Book Week

Author Joshua Levine explores the making of two cinematic landmarks, ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Blitz’, the personalities that shaped them, and his role as a historical adviser.

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Iran in Focus: Proxies, Power, and Nuclear Ambitions

Words / Jewish Book Week

Iran expert Sharan Tabari joins the Economist’s Shashank Joshi, Anshel Pfeffer and Jonathan Rosenthal to discuss the country’s proxies, nuclear ambitions, and regional power dynamics.

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Jewish Book Week Online Events - Thursday

Words / Jewish Book Week

On the fourth and final day of online events for Jewish Book Week 2025, join us as Alice Austen presents her debut novel, the gripping story of a family's disappearance in wartime Brussels, and Jean Strouse discusses the mysteries and tragedies surrounding 12 portraits by John Singer Sargent at the height of his powers.

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Craig Brown: A Voyage Around the Queen

Words / Jewish Book Week

Envied by Andy Warhol, resented by Jackie Kennedy, awed by Michelle Obama… Craig Brown observes The Queen in her time via the accounts by well-known figures who met her over the decades she reigned. In conversation with Sam Leith.

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Francesca Segal: Welcome to Glorious Tuga

Words / Jewish Book Week

Acclaimed author Francesca Segal returns to Jewish Book Week with an uplifting story of a zoologist’s year-long fellowship on a tiny, remote island.

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Sigrid Rausing: And the Walls Became the World All Around

Words / Memoir

When the celebrated Swedish writer and artist Johanna Ekström found out that she was dying, she asked her closest friend, Granta publisher and philanthropist Sigrid Rausing, to finish her last book. In conversation with Devorah Baum.

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An Evening with Elif Shafak

Words / Jewish Book Week

One of the most acclaimed writers of our time, Elif Shafak introduces her new novel, ‘There are Rivers in the Sky’ – an intriguing set of stories that spans centuries, continents and cultures, all connected by a single drop of water.

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Myra Hess: National Treasure

Words / Jewish Book Week

Jessica Duchen offers a compelling and nuanced portrait of Dame Myra Hess, Britain’s beloved concert pianist renowned for her legendary wartime concerts.

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Robert Popper: The Elsie Drake Letters

Words / Memoir

Meet Robert Popper’s eccentric alter ego, Elsie Drake, as she pens hilariously bizarre letters to everyone from Arsenal Football Club to the Prime Minister.

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Jewish Book Week Off-site Events

Jewish Book Week / Jewish Book Week

The Jewish Book Week 2025 fringe programme offers three separate opportunities to enjoy guided tours and talks around some of London's most important collections of Jewish arts and literature.

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The Making of Ukrainian Jewry

Words / Jewish Book Week

Authors Ilya Kaminsky and Marina Sapritsky-Nahum trace the dynamic evolution of a distinct Ukrainian Jewish heritage.

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The Wingate Prize 2025

Words / Jewish Book Week

Jewish Book Week is proud to host an evening celebrating the 48th Wingate Prize, awarded annually to the best fiction or non-fiction book that conveys the idea of Jewishness to a broad readership.

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Trump 2.0: What’s Next?

Words / Jewish Book Week

With Donald Trump back in the White House, how might his second presidency shape America’s domestic and foreign policy? What’s next for the US? David Aaronovitch moderates a dynamic panel.

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