Books
Carla's son Sunny reading Poo Party. Photo: supplied
August 12, 2026, 8:40 am
Helping kids learn healthy toilet habits
Pelvic physiotherapist Carla Sank has written a children's book to help families feel confident talking about toilet training and healthy habits.
By Jessica Abelsohn
August 7, 2026, 2:39 pm
Stop curating and start living
Award-winning Melbourne author Suzy Zail's new novel A New Kind of Beautiful follows a young artist losing her sight and finding herself. The AJN spoke to Zail about the deeply personal story behind the book.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Yishay Ishi Ron and Ayelet Tsabari were in conversation with Michaela Kalowski at the Australian Jewish Writer Awards. Photo: Giselle Haber
August 5, 2026, 7:32 am
Australian Jewish Writer Awards winners announced
Mazal tov to the finalists and winners of the Australian Jewish Writer Awards, which recognise the best Australian writing on Jewish subjects published in 2025.
By AJN STAFF
Yishay Ishi Ron. Photo: supplied and Ayelet Tsabari. Photo: Vicky Kroshko
July 29, 2026, 7:53 am
Words that heal and hold
One novel became a therapy tool for trauma survivors. The other moved Yemeni readers to tears. The AJN spoke to authors Yishay Ishi Ron and Ayelet Tsabari, who are bringing their stories to Australia next month.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Photo: instagram
July 20, 2026, 9:15 am
The Sydney woman behind New York’s tahini obsession
Rachel Simons built a cult tahini brand in New York. Now she's fighting back as BDS targets her proudly Israeli-made products.
By Jessica Abeslohn
Marcel Marceau in New York City, March 1973. Photo: Jack Mitchell/Getty Images via JTA
July 16, 2026, 12:15 pm
The man behind the silence
A new children's book tells how Marcel Marceau, the world's most famous mime, saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis using only silence.
By Jessica Abelsohn
The 2025 Australian Jewish Writers Award winners. Photo: Giselle Haber Photography
July 9, 2026, 1:58 pm
Shortlists unveiled for Australian Jewish Writer Awards
Five categories, 15 shortlisted authors and a new poetry prize. Here's who's vying for the 2026 Australian Jewish Writer Awards.
By AJN STAFF
Rachel Caplin. Photo: supplied
July 1, 2026, 2:49 pm
From the Shabbat table to the bookshelf
Perth-raised, Israel-based Rachel Caplin turned a beloved family story and the loss of her grandmother into her debut novel, The Spoon and the Sea.
By Jessica Abelsohn
June 19, 2026, 9:58 am
The book Sándor never got to write
Farkas Pungur has always felt a responsibility to share the story of Sándor Schwarcz and how he survived five concentration camps and a death march. His latest book is the result.
By AJN STAFF
Jonathan Kanat's parents, Miriam and Aaron. Photo: supplied
June 15, 2026, 1:18 pm
Giving his mother’s story a voice
Melbourne writer Jonathan Kanat traces his mother's Holocaust survival story, and the quiet acts of courage that made her life, and his, possible.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Erika Mann, Ingeborg Kalnoky and Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier.
June 12, 2026, 9:15 am
Spotlighting the women of the Nuremberg trials
When historian and author Natalie Livingstone noticed that women were missing from the records of the Nuremberg Trials, she decided to do something about it.
By Jessica Abelsohn
May 7, 2026, 1:50 pm
A painful and almost fatal journey
We Should Have Talked: The biography of my father should be compulsory reading for the senior classes in Australian schools.
By Samuel Menahem
April 30, 2026, 8:50 am
A home, two sisters and many secrets
What does home mean when family is fractured? Sophie Stern's debut novel finds beauty and pain in the bond between siblings.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Photo: AHIKAM SERI/AFP via Getty Images via Kveller
April 27, 2026, 11:30 am
Love, grief and the ‘ever after’
Before the world knew his name, Hersh Goldberg-Polin was a wide-eyed idealist. His mother's new book insists he will never be reduced to a statistic.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Erica Frydenberg (second from left) with her family outside the Dohanyi Street Synagogue in Hungary.
April 22, 2026, 2:01 pm
Heroism in Hungary during the Holocaust
Erica Frydenberg has penned a powerful family story as she uncovered the truth about the unsung heroes of Budapest.
By Sharyn Kolieb
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