posted by Neil Gaiman
I've been stumbling across the UK, although mostly in and out of the BBC. I spent a day at the Guardian offices, editing their book website. (Here's a video:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2013/jun/17/neil-gaiman-guardian-books-video).
My favourite thing was talking about Richard Dadd's painting, The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, with Mark Lawson for Radio 4's Cultural Exchange. Check it all out at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016p5mb/profiles/neil-gaiman(The BBC have put up some wonderful stuff to go with it, ranging from Angela Carter to Freddie Mercury.)
You can also just click here:
One reason I picked the Dadd was that I'd just been spending time at the Tate in company with the painting, for Intelligent Life magazine.
You can read what I wrote at
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/arts/anonymous/gaiman?page=fullThere's a great feature by Lev Grossman in this week's TIME Magazine. It's only for subscribers: Here's the opening:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2145490,00.htmlToday THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE comes out officially. I will get up in a few hours and fly to New York for the Brooklyn signing.
(You can come and see me, listen to me talk and do a reading, possibly with some special guests, and you can say hello and get a book signed at 7 p.m., Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue, at Ashland Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, (718) 636-4100,
bam.org;
greenlightbookstore.com; $45 and $55, which includes a copy of the book.)
We have so many articles out there, and so many reviews:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/211547701.html by William Alexander is my favourite, because it tells you nothing about the plot and everything about what it feels like reading the book. But there are lots of other good ones. (I'm sure I will miss a lot.)
Here's the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/neil-gaimans-beautifully-crafted-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-marks-a-happy-return/2013/06/16/23db3890-d2ae-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.htmlLaura Miller at Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/16/the_ocean_at_the_end_of_the_lane_neil_gaiman_returns/Carole Barrowman at the Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/books/gaimans-new-book-a-beautiful-collision-of-memory-mortality-b9928190z1-211575211.htmlJames Lovegrove at the Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fa4ffac4-d28a-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html#axzz2WL41tJulThe Atlantic Monthly
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/06/why-you-should-finally-read-neil-gaiman/66244/and a really lovely but slightly spoilery NPR review:
http://www.npr.org/2013/06/17/191346480/a-deceptively-simple-tale-of-magic-and-peril-in-oceanHere's the LA Times
with a longer story at
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-neil-gaiman-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-20130616,0,518593.story
CANADA DATES, FINALLY...
August 6, 2013Location: Toronto, ONTuesday, August 6, 6:30 PM
Presented by Indigo Books & Music
WHERE:Danforth Music Hall147 Danforth AvenueToronto, ON M4K 1N2
TICKETS:
http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10004ACBC0AAAA0E$20 plus tax and service fees
Twitter: @indigogreenroomFacebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/560263064025483/Website:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca***
August 7, 2013An Evening with Neil Gaiman
Location: Montreal, QCWednesday, August 7, 7 PM
Presented by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Bookstore
WHERE:Ukrainian Federation Hall5213 Hutchison StreetMontreal, QC H2X 2H3
TICKETS:Available in store – Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Bookstore, 211 Bernard Ouest$10 with $5 off THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE with ticket purchase.
Twitter: @librairiedandqFacebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LibrairieDandQWebsite:
http://211blog.drawnandquarterly.com/***
August 8, 2013An Evening with Neil Gaiman
Location: Vancouver, BCThursday, August 8, 6:30 PM
Presented by Vancouver Writers FestBook sales by Kidsbooks
WHERE:The Vogue Theatre918 Granville StreetVancouver, BC V6Z 1L2
TICKETS:Online:
http://northerntickets.com/events/neil-gaiman/Phone:
604.569.1144In Person: 918 Granville Street$21 adults $19 students (with ID) and seniors plus service charges. General admission.
Twitter: @vanwritersfestFacebook:
https://www.facebook.com/VanWritersFestWebsite:
www.writersfest.bc.caLabels: blame Canada,
Richard Dadd,
The Ocean At The End of the Lane