Literatour Berks is back for a 8th year of exciting community events featuring exceptional Jewish authors from around the country! Authors will visit Reading to talk about their books. We have selected a range of authors, topics, and titles to engage, educate, and entertain you.
Literatour is presented by the Jewish Federation of Reading in partnership with Exeter Community Library and the Jewish Book Council.
Melanie Gall
Fire Witch: Kate Claxton and the 1876 Brooklyn Theatre Inferno
Wednesday, November 11, 12:00pm
Jewish Federation of Reading
Free
Liz Hirsh Naftali
Saving Abigail: The True Story of the Abduction and Rescue of a Three Year Old Hostage
Sunday, December 13, 1:00pm
Jewish Federation of Reading
Tickets must be purchased in advance
Jacques Berlinerblau
Can We Laugh at That? Comedy in a Conflicted Age
Wednesday, March 10, 2027, 12:00pm
Jewish Federation of Reading
Free
Yashek Lecture
Dr. James A Grymes
Partisan Song: A Holocaust Story of Resilience, Resistance, and Revenge
Tuesday, March 30, 2027
Location TBD
Free open to the public
Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp, authors of
The Last Free Women
Wednesday, April 14, 2027, 12:00pm
Jewish Federation of Reading
Free
James McAuley
Edmond de Rothschild: Finding Zion
Wednesday, May 26, 2027, 7:00pm
Exeter Community Library
Free
Pati Jinich
Foods of La Frontera: Recipes and New Taste Frontiers from Both Sides of the Border
Tuesday, October 20, 7:00pm
Goggleworks Center for the Arts
(Tickets must be purchased in advance)