JoJo in LaLa Land Oct 30, 2009
The crowd included Anti-Defamation League of New England regional director Derrek Shulman, ADL regional board chair Esta Epstein and her husband, Celts co-owner Bob Epstein, philanthropist and event sponsor Joanne Egerman, The Red Tent author Anita Diamant, and the film s producer Laura Longsworth. The film premieres on PBS next week. (Boston Globe)
Highlights of the Boston Book Festival Oct 23, 2009
Struggles in a Strange Land Old South Church Sanctuary, 2 p.m. Featuring: Anita Diamant, Elizabeth Nunez, Carolina de Robertis, Anita Shreve. Tenor of Our Times Boston Public Library Popular Reading Room, 2 p.m. Featuring: Kurt Andersen, Callie Crossley. (Boston Globe)
Writers on a New England Stage presents Isabel Allende Oct 21, 2009
" About the author: Isabel Allende Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of nine novels, including Ins of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. She has also written a collection of stories, four memoirs, and a trilogy of children's novels. Allende left her native Chile for Venezuela after the overthrow and assassination in 1973 of her uncle, Salvador Allende, president of Chile. In her exile, she emerged as a... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Books roundup: Fiction, in brief Oct 15, 2009
Best known for The Red Tent, which re-imagined the lives of women during biblical times, Anita Diamant now tells the story of survivors. Day After Night centers on four women housed at a British internment camp in Israel in 1945: Shayndel, a Polish Zionist; the Dutch Tedi, who spent the war in hiding; Zorah, who survived Auschwitz; and the French Leonie, who lived through prostitution. (USA Today -- Life)
After the Holocaust in land of milk and honey Oct 6, 2009
In her latest novel, "Day After Night," Anita Diamant imagines what life inside Atlit must have been like for its female inhabitants. She follows the fortunes of four Holocaust survivors in the months leading up to a dramatic nighttime liberation of the camp by the Palmach, the special forces arm of the Jewish militia. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Author readings and signs in Greater Boston, Sept. 20-26 Sep 20, 2009
Anita Diamant reads from Day After Night, 7 p.m., Borders, 255 Grossman Drive, Braintree. James Ellroy discusses Blood s a Rover, 6 p.m., Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; tickets ($5) available at , Harvard Book Store, or 617-661-1515. (Boston Globe)
This Fall, It's a 'Season of Personal Discovery' at the Fairmont Scottsdale Sep 16, 2009
Riveting and powerful, authors Anita Diamant, Debra Dean and Lisa See have each crafted works of literary art. - October 9-11, 2009. (PR Newswire)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
by Anita Diamant (Scribner). Young women flee Nazi Germany for Israel in this novel by the author of "The Red Tent.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Authors Stephen King and Greg Mortenson to appear at Music Hall Jul 16, 2009
The series has previously spotlighted authors Alan Alda, Mitch Albom, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Dan Brown, Anita Diamant, Madeleine Albright, the late John Updike, Wally Lamb, and Cokie Roberts, among many others. Ticket purchasing. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Nerf football, Patriots style May 7, 2009
Joining Reichl for the event, which was cosponsored by Mayyim Hayyim, was Locke-Ober owner Lydia Shire, who cooked up a Reichl-inspired halibut dish, and "Red Tent" author Anita Diamant, who introduced Reichl to the lunchers. Guests included former lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Deb Goldberg, Jill Karp, and New Center deputy director Francine Achbar. (Boston Globe)
Technology will be the subtext in Boston book festival this fall May 5, 2009
Some of the writers will be Anita Diamant, author of "The Red Tent"; Joseph Finder, who wrote "Vanished"; and Walter Isaacson, author of "Einstein." Presentations will include "Books Without Pages: Discussing the Future of E-books"; "Eat Your Words: Food Writers and Chefs "American Writer Idol: Literary Agents Critique Unpublished Work"; "Whither the Weather: Climate Change"; and "We are the Champions: Sports Writers and their Love of the Game. "Other features include programming for children,... (Boston Globe)
Questions for Anita Diamant Feb 23, 2009
Anita Diamant, a Washington University alum and the author of bestseller The Red Tent, will be speaking at Graham Chapel this Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Assignment Editor Sophie Adelman spoke to her about her upcoming novel, forays into jazz music and experiences as an undergrad ... Anita Diamant: I really wanted to try something different. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
