Lihi Lapid: How October 7 changed the literary world for Israeli authors

Israeli author and journalist Lihi Lapid discussed the challenges Israeli writers have faced in the international literary world since the October 7 attacks during a recent episode of The Jerusalem Report podcast, describing how politics and war shaped the release of her books abroad.Speaking with The Jerusalem Report editor-in-chief Ruth Marks Eglash, Lapid reflected on the publication of her novel On Her Own, which was released by HarperCollins during the height of the Israel-Hamas war. She said the publishing experience became increasingly difficult as bookstores in Manhattan hesitated to host events featuring an Israeli author.