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By Light of Hidden Candles Audiobook Available for Pre-Order!

August 17, 2020 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

audiobook cover image of by light of hidden candles

After some COVID-related delays, including (as I mentioned in a previous update) the narrator getting stuck in another state (!) and needing to set up a whole new studio to finish recording the last few chapters, I am delighted to tell you that the audiobook of By Light of Hidden Candles is now available for […]

Filed Under: By Light of Hidden Candles, Disengagement, News Tagged With: audiobook, by light of hidden candles, disengagement

The Official Disengagement Playlist

June 16, 2020 by Daniella Levy 1 Comment

A collection of songs that inspired me while writing Disengagement.

Filed Under: Books, Disengagement, Music Tagged With: book playlist, disengagement, music, playlist

Marching Forth to Disengagement’s Publication…

October 27, 2019 by Daniella Levy 2 Comments

Well, dear friends, the advance review copies of Disengagement have arrived! At my publishers’, that is. I’m not expecting to get my hands on any of these; I’m hoping they all find their way to Very Fancy Reviewers who will subsequently be bedazzled by my literary prowess. Or at least not throw the book across […]

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Come See Me at the Arc 26 Launch in Jerusalem!

May 19, 2019 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

Hello lovely people! Just wanted to let you know that I’ll be appearing at the launch of the 26th issue of arc, literary journal of the Israel Association of Writers in English, this coming Tuesday, May 21st, 7pm at the Abraham Hostel in downtown Jerusalem. I’ll be reading the two poems of mine that appear […]

Filed Under: Disengagement, Letters to Josep, News, Poetry Tagged With: disengagement, events, poetry

Coming Fall 2019: Disengagement

February 28, 2019 by Daniella Levy 7 Comments

photo of daniella levy with contract from Kasva Press

My next novel is scheduled for publication in November 2019!

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Hidden Candles Selected as #RBRT Award Finalist & Other Exciting News!

December 11, 2017 by Daniella Levy 2 Comments

Greetings, my lovely friends! I have a few exciting things to tell you: #RBRT Award Nomination! By Light of Hidden Candles received positive reviews from two reviewers on Rosie’s Book Review Team (Barb Taub and Olga Núñez Miret), and it was just selected as a finalist for the RBRT Awards in the category of Romance! […]

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Disengagement

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Disengagement

“Brilliant and troubling…  Levy… has a deep understanding of the traumatic processes she writes about, and she is able to convey the heartache and disorientation in an engaging manner and with a sense of immediacy.” — Philip K. Jason, Washington Independent Review of Books “A thoroughly engaging novel, a quick but engrossing read… Levy’s writing […]

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    4 months ago
    I was truly devastated to learn of the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks זצ"ל yesterday. Rabbi Sacks was a
  • Mazel tov, it
    12 months ago
    Mazel tov, it's a book ❤️  #disengagement   #newbook   #secondnovel   #bookbirthday 
  • 15 years. What have we learned?⁣ ⁣ I don
    7 months ago
    15 years. What have we learned?⁣ ⁣ I don't know about the nation as a whole. But this book is
  • Just sold the very last copy of #LetterstoJosep in my personal stock. Don
    7 months ago
    Just sold the very last copy of  #LetterstoJosep  in my personal stock. Don't worry, it's still freely available online, and
  • #LetterstoJosep is being featured in the Zionist Book Festival at the University of Missouri next week, hosted by the MU
    5 months ago
     #LetterstoJosep  is being featured in the Zionist Book Festival at the University of Missouri next week, hosted by the MU
  • #coronavirusfashion #stayhome #butifyouhavetogoout #wearamask
    11 months ago
     #coronavirusfashion   #stayhome   #butifyouhavetogoout   #wearamask 
  • Dose 2 V for vaccine & victory against COVID-19! Blessed is He who has given us life and sustained us
    2 days ago
    Dose 2 V for vaccine & victory against COVID-19! Blessed is He who has given us life and sustained us
  • A very happy memory from the good old days when you could still travel to visit family and see stuff
    8 months ago
    A very happy memory from the good old days when you could still travel to visit family and see stuff
  • 3 clips (swipe⏩ to see all 3!) from yesterday
    11 months ago
    3 clips (swipe⏩ to see all 3!) from yesterday's FB Live virtual launch party for Disengagement! Full video is on
  • Just gonna take this #santjordi2020 opportunity to shamelessly brag that @carlespuigdemont, former president of Catalonia, has a copy of my
    10 months ago
    Just gonna take this  #santjordi2020  opportunity to shamelessly brag that  @carlespuigdemont , former president of Catalonia, has a copy of my
  • @myheritage_official just released a new feature that automatically colorizes black and white photos. Meet my great-great-grandmother Lena, a.k.a. Leah Gittel,
    1 year ago
     @myheritage_official  just released a new feature that automatically colorizes black and white photos. Meet my great-great-grandmother Lena, a.k.a. Leah Gittel,
  • Sound on to hear a preview from my conversation with Rav Mike Feuer on The Jewish Story about my new
    7 months ago
    Sound on to hear a preview from my conversation with Rav Mike Feuer on The Jewish Story about my new
  • A week ago, just before Shabbat/Succot, I welcomed my fourth child--first daughter--into a crazy, upside-down world. Waiting for her arrival
    5 months ago
    A week ago, just before Shabbat/Succot, I welcomed my fourth child--first daughter--into a crazy, upside-down world. Waiting for her arrival
  • They always said I was a strange bird #happypurim #whenlifegivesyoumasks #makeapurimcostume #pandemicpurim
    5 days ago
    They always said I was a strange bird  #happypurim   #whenlifegivesyoumasks   #makeapurimcostume   #pandemicpurim 
  • After some COVID-related delays, including the narrator getting stuck in another state (!) and having to set up a whole
    7 months ago
    After some COVID-related delays, including the narrator getting stuck in another state (!) and having to set up a whole
  • Yesterday, what is probably the loveliest, most touching "fan letter" I
    7 months ago
    Yesterday, what is probably the loveliest, most touching "fan letter" I've ever received arrived in my inbox. A reader happened
  • A message for our times, from The Rejection Survival Guide. Link to new post--"Hope in the Time of Coronavirus"--in bio.
    6 months ago
    A message for our times, from The Rejection Survival Guide. Link to new post--"Hope in the Time of Coronavirus"--in bio.
  • Sound on for a little taste of Lori
    6 months ago
    Sound on for a little taste of Lori's wonderful performance of  #ByLightofHiddenCandles . The  #audiobook  comes out on Audible and Amazon
  • Time to reconfigure my book charm necklace Many thanks to @fromnewleaf for the beautiful #bookcharms ❤️ #disengagement #comingsoon
    1 year ago
    Time to reconfigure my book charm necklace Many thanks to  @fromnewleaf  for the beautiful  #bookcharms  ❤️  #disengagement   #comingsoon 
  • Coronavirus has forced us all into a new reality, and I have found myself facing it with uncharacteristic calm. I
    12 months ago
    Coronavirus has forced us all into a new reality, and I have found myself facing it with uncharacteristic calm. I'm

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