News
- The Art of Leaving is on the New York Times’ Book Review Shortlist as one of three stunning memoirs of love and loss.
- Read Excerpts from The Art of Leaving in Tablet, LitHub, and Jewish Quarterly
- Ayelet’s short story, “Knives,” is one of Tablet Magazine’s Top Ten articles of 2018.
- Ayelet’s story, “Green,” is on the 2018 CBC Short Story Prize shortlist.
- Tablet Magazine lists Tsabari’s essay, “A Simple Girl,” (excerpted from her memoir, The Art of Leaving) as the 1st of five reasons to get excited about the new issue of Paper Brigade, calling it “a gorgeous meditation on what it means to try and fit in when practically nothing in the culture looks or feels like you, and how one iconic singer can inspire a personal and artistic transformation.”
Interviews
- “Ayelet Tsabari Discusses Embracing Her Yemeni and Mizrahi Heritage,” Paste Magazine, February 2019
- “A Road that Leads Back Home,” Toronto Star, February 2019
- “Ayelet Tsabari on being a literal Wandering Jew,” Hey Alma, February 2019
- “Ayelet Tsabari Writes Through Her Fears,” Jewish in Seattle, February 2019
- Cross-Communication: Canadian Writers Reflect on Language and Culture: An Interview with Ayelet Tsabari, Queen’s University, March 2018
- “Between Us: The Stories we Keep,” conversation with Janie Change on Prism Magazine, December 2017
- Interview with the Kenyon Review, July 2016
- Interview with Lilith Magazine, April 2016
- Nineteen Questions, How writers became who they are, December 2015
- “Story Brain: Seven Questions with Ayelet Tsabari,” on Alix Hawley’s blog, Sep 25, 2015
- “To tell Mizrahi stories,” The Jewish Week, May 12, 2015
- “Tsabari’s award-winning stories reflect Yemeni background, JTA” March 30, 2015
- “‘Exile by choice’ author tells Israel’s story from Canada,” Times of Israel, March 18, 2015
- “On being Mizrachi, and writing a good sex scene,” Canadian Jewish News, March 11, 2015
- Interview with Room Magazine, February 2015
- Q&A at Jewish Book Council’s blog, The Prosen People, February 2, 2015
- Five Questions, The IFOA Blog, January 14, 2015
- “Sex and the Sea” In conversation with Humber Literary Review, December 2014
- An interview with Lauren Carter on the Firelight Interview Series, June 2014
- An Interview with Cwila, February 2014
- “Canadian Writer Captures Israeli Slice of Life,” The Canadian Jewish News, January 2014
- “Ayelet Tsabari Talks about Writing, Food and Rules,” Event Magazine, November 2013
- “Making a Home in Canada,” The Jewish Independent, October 11, 2013
- An interview with Trevor Corkum of Currently Living, September 4, 2013
- An interview with AbeBooks, August 22, 2013
- An Interview with Prism International, August 16, 2013
- “Author Profile: Crossing Borders,” The Peak (SFU Newspaper), June 3, 2013
- “Author says Writer’s Studio Changed Her Life,” SFU Continuing Studies Blog, May 3, 2013
- “The Dirty Dozen,” Open Book Toronto, April 2, 2013
- “Can an Israeli Author Call Canada Home?” Times of Israel, April 30, 2013
- “Author explores Israeli-immigrant experience,” Coastal Spectator, March 14, 2013
- Author Spotlight on Jessica Kluthe’s Blog, March 6, 2013
- “I know of What I Speak,” St. Lawrence University Ethnic Women Writers Course, Fall 2012
In Hebrew
- An interview with Haoketz (השאלון של העוקץ עם איילת צברי), April 2017
- An interview with Yediot Aharonot (״טיפול שורש,״ ידיעות אחרונות), June 2016
- An interview with Haaretz (״הסופרת שהרחיקה עד קנדה כדי להתחבר לזהותה המזרחית״, הארץ), April 2015
- An interview with Ynet, (״צעד תימני גדול״, ידיעות אמריקה), July 2015
- An interview with Ynet (סיפור הצלחה”, ידיעות אמריקה”), April 2014
Audio
- (In Hebrew) הגירה זה רע? מה שכרוך עם מיה סלע ויובל אביבי, כאן 11, Tel Aviv, April 25, 2019
- Interview with Shelagh Rogers on CBC’s The Next Chapter, Toronto, April 13, 2019
- Interview with Marrie Stone at Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM, Southern California, April 13, 2016
- Writing Life interview at Co-op Radio, Vancouver, November 24, 2015
- The Best Place on Earth: Podcast of New America Fund event in NYC with Lisa Goldman and Sigal Samuel, April 1, 2014
Videos
Writers’ Trust Award Finalist Video for The Art of Leaving
Book Trailer for The Best Place on Earth
Jerusalem Writers Festival, 2020- in conversation with Evan Fallengberg and Matti Friedman
The Art of Leaving: A Conversation at UCLA, 2021
Exchanging Notes – Interview at the Toronto Reference Library (Writer in Residence Program), 2018
Siegal Lifelong Learning, Nili Adler Memorial Lecture, Case University, Cleveland, 2017
Interview with Kobi Meidan on Hoze Israel (in Hebrew), 2018
Shovrim Shurut with Saray Shavit (in Hebrew), 2019
Kan News, “Young Yemeni Israelis Returning to Their Roots” (in Hebrew) – my segment begins at 7:50, 2019