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Gina Nahai: Leonard’s story

Years ago, I created a class, “Writer’s Marketplace,” dedicated to the business side of writing. It was inspired by all the I-wish-I’d-known-then-what-I-know-now moments in my own career, the realization that good writers often are clueless about how to sell their work, and that writing schools are often remiss in communicating the practical aspects of the profession to their students.

Joyce fans celebrate Bloomsday in Westwood

More than 100 James Joyce enthusiasts, performance artists and Irish descendants gathered at Westwood’s Hammer Museum on June 16 to celebrate Bloomsday. Taken from the name of Leopold Bloom, the assimilated Jewish protagonist in Joyce’s monumental book, “Ulysses,” the event celebrates the life of the Irish writer and relives the events of the day the tale is set: June 16, 1904.

Author Anthony Horowitz to write new Sherlock Holmes novel

Jewish author Anthony Horowitz has been commissioned by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle to write a full-length Sherlock Holmes novel. Horowitz, author of the popular young adult series about teenage spy Alex Rider, told The Guardian Tuesday that he set about writing \”a first-rate mystery for a modern audience while remaining absolutely true to the spirit of the original.\” Horowitz said he fell in love with Sherlock Holmes stories when he was 16.\n

Books: It’s mom vs. daughter in Weiner’s latest novel

What bestselling author Jennifer Weiner remembers most about her bat mitzvah is her hair.

\”It was really unfortunate hair, really tragic — like short and feathered and awful,\” said Weiner, author of \”In Her Shoes,\” which was adapted as a 2005 film starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette.

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