New French title for The Graveyard Book

Did you know that the French translation of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book has a different title?

The Strange Life of Nobody Owens
Personally, I like “The Graveyard Book” much better. Along with the U.S. cover art.
I wonder who gets to make a decision like changing a book’s title? Or why it was made? Did Neil [...]

Hear Marilynne Robinson read from ‘Home’

A couple weeks ago I went to a public reading from Marilynne Robinson on her new novel, Home. I ran into and sat with a couple of colleagues from a literary press that I interned with a few years ago, making the anticipated night even more fun. The reading was wonderful. There’s something magical about [...]

Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson will be speaking at Central library in a few weeks. I’m so excited! I recently finished her newest novel, Home, companion to the 2005 Pulitzer-winning Gilead, one of my favorite books. 
                         
Home didn’t quite live up to my (sky high) expectations – it’s not [...]