Darkness, Light and the New Year - a pop-up showcase

Come to the Parlour Pub on Saturday, December 21 for the first Spoken Story Saturday.

Two sets: one for families and one for 14 and up

Featured performers include: Mark…

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Holiday Book Signing: December  14 

I will be signing copies of THE MISADVENTURES and most of my other books at the FarmFreshRI Winter Farmer's Market in Pawtucket, RI. If you already purchased a copy, bring it and I'll sign it…

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A word about Thanksgiving…

Thanksgiving has always been a quintessential American holiday: families gather together and over-eat. Often there is football, and recently pre-game shopping. Occasionally conversation veers toward politics, or flaw-finding in the celebration of a history based on…

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The Misadventures of Rabbi Kibbitz and Mrs. Chaipul "Binder, one of Rhode Island’s leading storytellers, is back with a set of gentle tales about an elderly rabbi and the woman who runs the village restaurant and steals his heart."
–Alan …Read more

A brief novel for adults, with no politics, and a lot of smiles. You’ll enjoy reading it, and giving it as a gift. Hardcover, softcover, eBook, audiobook…

“Village stories that deftly lift a curtain on a world of friendly humor…

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Get it on Amazon.com for yourself, and your friends, school, shul, church, mosque…
and help it become a best seller today

Also available at some 

(If you want it, but don't want to get it on Amazon, then you can…

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BOOK NEWS: For the past year and a quarter, I’ve been working on The Bark Minder Project, a collection of edgy work for adults. As part of that, I created a novel that was initially serialized on Spotify.  Last week…Read more

I often wonder about the origin of human interests. Who was the first scientist? Usually, I find that it begins with Og, the caveman. Og is a hapless protagonist who makes a lot of mistakes. In this story, Og stumbles…Read more

What are the Vampire Clams of Narragansett Bay? Who ate the first clam? Find out This Saturday from 9:30 to 1:30 pm at 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI (second Floor) Or purchase here now. Loading The Vampire Clams of Narragansett…Read more

If I am nominated, I will show up… My visit to the 2019 Audie Awards

It’s tonight! Starting around 7:30! See if Loki Ragnarok is the big winner for Original work! Or will it be Magus Elgar? or Splat! A Quirky Cat Audio Book? Or someone else? Watch the #audies2019 and see who wins. CSPAN…Read more

Almost every day during the winter, someone would look at the sticker on my puffy down parka and say, “I voted for Bernie.” or “Still hanging on, huh?” I’d slapped it on a billion “news cycles” ago, because I supported…Read more

February 4, 2019. New YorkLOKI RAGNAROK, written and narrated by Mark Binder has been nominated for a 2019 Audie Award for Best Original Work! The audiobook was published by Light Publications, and is available on Audible, GooglePlayAudioBooks, Scribd, and many…Read more

Some of you know that for the past year I’ve been working on a novel under the nom de plume of “The Bark Minder Project.” I created this alter-ego as a way of developing new material that might be edgy…Read more

“The Challah that Ate Chelm” is one of my oldest and most favorite stories… Friday is #challahday — and I’ve been baking for years. But when I started, it was a disaster. “The Challah that Ate Chelm” is a story…Read more

Will this be Rabbi Kibbitz's last Chanukah? It seems unimaginable, but I've been writing Hanukkah stories for more than 20 years. This year's tale is somewhat wistful.