The Books of Jacob Revised Schedule

And sneak peek of my interview with former Australian Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans!

This week I am updating you on the revised schedule of the Slow Read of The Books of Jacob.

There will be no notes on the book itself this week. I apologise for that. I have had an intense week with three interviews with special guests, family celebrations and my midyear review of my content.

Sneak peek of my interview with former Australian Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans!

One of those interviews was with the former Foreign Minister of Australia, Gareth Evans. I will be posting that interview on YouTube and Substack later today.

Make sure you watch it. There is a sneak peek below.

In this brief clip from the interview Gareth Evans recalls a private conversation with former US President Bill Clinton. He reflects on how America might need to develop a changed, more generous mind to adapt to the changes that I have been describing in my world history world tour.

Resetting the Pace of The Books of Jacob

And I also thought it would be helpful to update my reading schedule and Slow Reads page and communicate the new program to you all. I announced the change in pace last week, and wanted to clarify the dates, the new program, and the resources I offer on my Slow Read page on the book.

New Reading Schedule

I have increased the pace of reading from one to three chapters per week. It is an increase from about 30 pages to 100 pages per week. The new pace is still achievable. You read about 15 pages a day. And it allows the reading to flow more freely with the engrossing story.

Here is the new schedule

This schedule is also available as a downloadable pdf at the Slow Reads page.

We will finish up on 30 June, rather than in September.

I am planning to do a Substack Livestream at the end in which I can respond to all your comments submitted beforehand and live.

At this stage, I plan to begin the Slow Read introduction to the Mahabharata on schedule in October.

Revised Slow Reads Page - Index of posts, chapters, characters, and context

I have updated the Slow Reads page too during this brief pause. Whether you have finished the book, or only just begun this page is a resource to catch up on all my notes to reading the book.

The Slow Reads page includes

• an explanation of how the “slow read” program works

• the revised reading schedule,

• guidance on what you do on the Slow Read of The Books of Jacob,

• index of posts on Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

• index of the characters discussed in posts so far

• a map of Eastern Europe showing the key places of the novel

Interview with Olga Tokarczuk

As an extra bonus, I am sharing with you this wonderful interview with Olga Tokarczuk in which she discusses The Books of Jacob and her idea that literature is the oldest of the continents. I have shared snippets before. I hope you enjoy the full interview.

Thanks for reading

🙏🌏❤️

Jeff