What’s Next for Jewish Books: A Conversation with The Wingate Prize
Jewish Book Week
| Erica Wagner | speaker |
|---|---|
| Xiaolu Guo | speaker |
| Kate Weinberg | speaker |
| Adam Zagoria-Moffet | speaker |
| Emily Kasriel | chair |
A panel presentation from the 2026 Wingate Prize judges and a chat with the winner of this year’s prize, looking at the challenges facing Jewish writing today.
Be part of a conversation with author Emily Kasriel and this year’s Wingate Prize judges as they chat with the winner of the 2026 Prize.
The panel will discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Jewish writing today including the themes that writers are grappling with, how and where Jewish writing sits in today’s marketplace, how this compares with the past, and what the future might hold.
Emily will be joined by 2026 Wingate Prize judges writers Erica Wagner, Xiaolu Guo, Kate Weinberg and Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet.
The Wingate Prize is run in partnership with the Jewish Literary Foundation with support from JW3
This event will last approximately 1 hour, with no interval.
In association with The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
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£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
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Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
Emily Kasriel
Emily Kasriel’s book, Deep Listening: Transform your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes, will be published by HarperCollins in the UK and USA May/June 2025. Her distinguished career at the BBC for over two decades included roles as an award-winning journalist, editor and media executive. She developed the Deep Listening approach as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College Policy Institute in London, drawing on her experience as an accredited executive coach and workplace mediator. she is also a Trustee of the HH Wingate Foundation. Previously, she’s been a Visiting Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University, and a Senior Advisor to the Skoll Foundation. An MA graduate of the University of Oxford and Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (as a Rotary International Fellow), she lives in London.