by Alison Bass | Feb 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
My novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, is featured in this week’s Spotlight by the Jewish Book Council. As one reviewer wrote, ““Rebecca of Ivanhoe breathes new life into one of literature’s most intriguing secondary characters, transforming the beautiful Jewish...
by Alison Bass | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
We will be conducting a Goodreads giveaway of my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, a sequel to Sir Walter Scott’s classic tale, for two weeks starting Feb. 7. The novel tells the story of Rebecca, the beautiful Jewish healer after she is rescued by the knight Ivanhoe...
by Alison Bass | Dec 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
My novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, has been out for little more than a year, and it has gotten garnered some great reviews, including from the Historical Novel Society and The Jerusalem Review. I’ve done talks at a well-attended Jewish book festival and several...
by Alison Bass | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Monday, Nov. 10, I will be discussing my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, as part of a panel on Jewish Voices in Classic Literature at the Cherry Hill, New Jersey JCC’s Festival of Arts, Books & Culture. My panel will begin at 10 am and is just one of a rich...
by Alison Bass | Sep 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
I just returned from a trip to Sicily, which has an amazing history and amazing ruins, having been conquered by a series of seafaring nations, starting with bronze-age travelers through the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Moors, Normans, Spanish and finally...
by Alison Bass | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Please join me for a discussion about my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, at the Newtown Bookshop Aug. 28 at 6:30 pm in Newtown, PA. I will be talking about how I got the inspiration to write a sequel to Sir Walter Scott’s classic tale and the research I did to imagine...
by Alison Bass | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
I will be talking about my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, at Edgartown Public Library’s first ever Book Festival July 17. The event, which runs from 5:30 to 7 pm, features a number of local authors who will read short excerpts from their books, meet interested...
by Alison Bass | May 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Historical Novel Society just posted a great review of Rebecca of Ivanhoe on their site. The review starts out by talking about how the “prose and pageantry of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe serve as an inspiring backstory for this newly imagined...
by Alison Bass | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
I will be giving a talk about Rebecca of Ivanhoe at The Book Cellar, a bookstore in Chicago on April 18. The Book Cellar, which is located in Lincoln Square, is my son and daughter-in-law’s favorite bookstore, and they suggested I reach out since I’ll be...
by Alison Bass | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
I stumbled across Rachel of Esra, the Jewish mistress to King Alfonso VIII and Spain’s Esther for a brief shining moment, when I was doing research about Toledo in the 12th century for my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe. She was known as Rahel La Fermosa, Rachel the...
