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Event Type: Video

  • Alex Miller on Max Blatt

    Australian literary legend, Alex Miller talks with MJBW Festival Director, Nicolas Brasch, about his first work of non-fiction, Max — the search for threads of the life of his best friend, Max Blatt.

  • MJBW Summer Reading Guide — featuring Elissa Goldstein, Bram Presser and Tali Lavi

    MJBW Summer Reading Guide — featuring Elissa Goldstein, Bram Presser and Tali Lavi

    What happens when three Jewish literary tragics enter a room to talk books? (Admittedly, it is a virtual room.) Expect passions to be stirred, differences of opinion to be had, raucous laughter and a river of tears to be experienced – and that’s only at your end. It’s Melbourne Jewish Book Week’s bookish version of Margaret and David. Elissa, Bram and Tali will be previewing some of the biggest forthcoming books, talking about their recent reads and what books they’re looking forward to reading over summer.

  • Reconciliation, Identity and Imagined Futures

    Reconciliation, Identity and Imagined Futures

    Melbourne journalist Isabelle Oderberg was joined by Noongar writer Claire G. Coleman and writer, Black American and Orthodox Rabbi Shais Rishon as they journeyed through the variegated terrain of identity and belonging. Exploring experiences of connection and community alongside those of disconnection and divide, Oderberg uncovered Coleman and Rishon’s realities, fears and hopes through the prism of their writing, both fiction and non-fiction.

  • Why Do We Harm Each Other?

    Why Do We Harm Each Other?

    Dr Paul Valent MBBS, DPM, FRANZCP, discusses the enigma of violence and its relationship to love with Dr Rachael Kohn AO, FRSNSW. Violence, for Valent, is not an isolated feature of the human condition. Surprisingly close to violence are struggles for love. Find out more about that aspect of humanity.

  • MJBW Seasonal Bookclub – The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden

    MJBW Seasonal Bookclub – The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden

    Our first MJBW seasonal book club selection – Juliet Rieden’s ‘The Writing on the Wall’ — was a memoir uncovering a personal Holocaust tragedy of epic proportions. The conversation between Rieden and Bram Presser offered readers an intriguing and rewarding chat with particular viewpoints from audience members being eloquently answered.

  • From Page to Screen: Ben Lewin in conversation with Jan Epstein

    From Page to Screen: Ben Lewin in conversation with Jan Epstein

    Ben Lewin, internationally renowned Australian film director, considers himself a ‘forty year overnight success.’ Join us for an evening packed with his witty insights as he talks to local film critic Jan Epstein about his recent work The Catcher Was A Spy and beyond. Lewin will consider the creative complexities involved in successfully bringing a book from page to screen, followed by a Q&A session.

    Supported by the Australian Jewish News

  • Plagues, Pandemics and Preventing Panic: Professor David Isaacs and Dr Elizabeth Finkel

    Plagues, Pandemics and Preventing Panic: Professor David Isaacs and Dr Elizabeth Finkel

    In trying to navigate the unknown future, what can the past teach us? Join paediatric infectious disease specialist Professor David Isaacs, (author of Defeating the Ministers of Death: The Compelling History of Vaccination), in conversation with Dr Elizabeth Finkel, as together they shed light on the history of pandemics.
  • Philippe Sands in conversation with Mark Raphael Baker

    Philippe Sands in conversation with Mark Raphael Baker

    Philippe Sands — eminent international barrister and award-winning author of ‘East West Street’ — discusses his new book, ‘The Ratline’, with Mark Raphael Baker.
  • Colum McCann in conversation with Mark Raphael Baker

    Colum McCann in conversation with Mark Raphael Baker

    Broadcast live from New York to Melbourne, Melbourne Jewish Book Week — in partnership with Plus61J — is thrilled to bring you Colum McCann, the international award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin, discussing his new book Apeirogon with Mark Raphael Baker.