Publication Day! Links! Tired Neil!

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=full

There'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.html

Today 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.html

Laura 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.html

James Lovegrove at the Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fa4ffac4-d28a-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html#axzz2WL41tJul

The 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-ocean


Here'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, 2013

Location: 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, 2013
An 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, 2013
An 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.ca



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Published on June 17, 2013 18:05
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message 1: by Daniel (new)

Daniel Goldberg Just got my signed copy from Porter Square Books in the mail today! I would read the whole thing in one sitting, but after getting halfway through I started nodding off, and I don't want to miss anything.


message 2: by Arturo (new)

Arturo Del Rosal Very busy schedule for you Mr. Gaiman! Greetings from Mexico and at the first opportunity I WILL GET THE NEW BOOK, can't wait to read it.


message 3: by Nikisha (last edited Jun 20, 2013 09:18AM) (new)

Nikisha I really, really enjoyed the publication day reading and signing (plus surprise special guest which was choice). Thank you so much for your generosity, you are a real trouper. I simply wish I had been less enthralled so I would have remembered to take more pictures, ha!

I am enjoying The Ocean at the End of the Lane immensely. Thank you.


message 4: by Victoria (new)

Victoria I finished the book this morning, it was just beautiful, and made me long for childhood once again. You captured that magical time perfectly.


message 5: by Gea (new)

Gea Looking forward to seeing you in Miami on Sunday. Can't wait to read the book!


message 6: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Finished this in a day. I had looked forward to it for such a long time, I almost wish I had taken longer with it, but I just couldn't put it down. Had the loveliest sensation of childhood sleep and finishing felt like waking up from a dream with the rest of the world exactly how I left it and how it should be.


message 7: by Chrystal (new)

Chrystal Grcevich My order for this book shipped yesterday. So excited and anxious to read it! I honestly thought that they were going to cancel my order.


message 8: by Cole (new)

Cole I just finished Ocean at the End of the Lane. You packed so much story into 180 pages. Amazing story.


message 9: by JB (new)

JB Two words: LOVED IT!


message 10: by Caitlin (last edited Jun 25, 2013 07:24AM) (new)

Caitlin Ocean at the End of the Lane was like skinny dipping on a hot June night, in a deep, moon dappled pond. I held my breath, and dove deep...... you awoke magic with your words......I shall never be the same. I thank you.


message 11: by Thais (new)

Thais GREAT GREAT BOOK!!! loved it!!!


message 12: by joanna (new)

joanna YAY i got tickets to see him in Vancouver. Excited =DD D


message 13: by Emma (new)

Emma Bought The Ocean At the End of the Lane today... didn't know it was BRAND NEW! So excited to read it :)


message 14: by Cari (new)

Cari Finished reading it two days ago and I'm still thinking about it. So far, it is my favorite book of yours Mr. Gaiman. Thank you for writing such a fantastic novel!


message 15: by [deleted user] (new)

About the Richard Dadd's painting, I think every child has mysterious pictures in his mind. When we grow up we forget. Only a few preserve those images in his mind. Richard Dadd was a great painter. When a work of a true artist captures the attention of the people was because the artist does not only paint but also he put his soul into that canvas. Not all the artist do that. Something inexplicable was surrounding his mind. Maybe was something enigmatic from his childhood that he never understood.


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