Michael Visontay
@mvisontay
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Commissioning Editor @TJI_au | Author of the books Noble Fragments, Welcome to Wanderland, and Who Gave You Permission? | Editor, Writer, Football Tragic
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined May 2009
I thought I’d pried every last secret from my father’s past. A locked red box proved me wrong. Read more in this excerpt from my new book, ‘Noble Fragments: The maverick who broke up the world’s greatest book’.
smh.com.au
An old legal document led me to discover an unlikely connection with the world’s greatest book.
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I enjoyed speaking with Richard Fidler this week about my new book ‘Noble Fragments’. It’s all about how a famous, broken bible changed the story of my family. You can listen back on the Conversations podcast here. More details of the book in my bio
abc.net.au
Michael Visontay with the true tale of how fragments of a rare Gutenberg Bible were sold off, leaf by leaf, in New York in the 1920s, and how the sale of these books, chapters and verses changed the...
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RT @scribepub: 📜🔎 NOBLE FRAGMENTS is the part detective story and part memoir by Michael Visontay @mvisontay. It's the intertwined story of….
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Thrilled to have spoken at Canberra Writers festival as I launch my new book, Noble Fragments. It's part family history, part real world antiquarian New York thriller, about how a rare bible built my family's new life (and delicatessen) in Sydney. Out now
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RT @thebooksdesk: Fantastic session with @mvisontay & @burninglibrary on the former’s new book Noble Fragments at @cbrwritersfest
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RT @Plus61J: Former minister Barry Jones is patron of Overland, whose letter has prompted Australian Jewish writers to speak out over the L….
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RT @Plus61J: Winner of the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize @NazaninBoniadi says Iran conflates Palestinian suffering and desire for freedom with th….
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How Italians Came to Love Eggplant, ‘The Vile Food of the Jews’ - Jewish World -
haaretz.com
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My family’s delicatessen: a story straight out of the Bible via @Plus61J.
thejewishindependent.com.au
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‘They don’t see their survival as an achievement’: Telling Holocaust stories via @Plus61J.
thejewishindependent.com.au
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My family’s delicatessen: a story straight out of the Bible via @Plus61J.
thejewishindependent.com.au
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Qatar issues make you wonder what might have been had Australia won World Cup bid instead | Elias Visontay
theguardian.com
Australia’s failed efforts to host the 2022 tournament left a bitter taste in the mouth – and has further dampened expectations
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Now you see it, now you don’t: the blockbuster exhibition that’s not really there via @Plus61J.
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My interview with @Freedland and review of his new book, The Escape Artist, republished today in The Australian’s Review section. @australian @Plus61J
Michael Visontay talks to Jonathan @Freedland about his best-selling book 'The Escape Artist' - a remarkable attempt by a teenage boy to break the news of the Holocaust, and its frightening contemporary implications. @mvisontay . 🔗
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RT @Freedland: Much enjoyed talking to Australia's @Plus61J and @mvisontay for this thoughtful piece, which touches on the implications fo….
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RT @Plus61J: Michael Visontay talks to Jonathan @Freedland about his best-selling book 'The Escape Artist' - a remarkable attempt by a teen….
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My interview with Jonathan Freedland: What the Auschwitz escape artist can teach us about fake news via @Plus61J.
thejewishindependent.com.au
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