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From the October 9th San Francisco Chronicle: With Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline and the acclaimed Sandman comics, gives his flair for comedy free rein without losing his appreciation for the darker aspects of world mythology. When mild-mannered London accountant Fat Charlie Nancy learns his long-estranged father has died while performing in a […]
From the current Green Man Review: Mirrormask, Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman’s joint venture with Jim Henson Productions, is an offbeat, charming film that fans of all three will likely adore. The film revolves around Helena, a girl on the cusp of adolescence who’s living what would be a dream come true for many kids: […]
Anansi Boys placings on the North American hardcover fiction bestseller lists: Booksense, October 6th: 5 <a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-bk-bestsellers9oct09,0,4134582.htmlstory?coll=cl-books-util“>Los Angeles Times, October 9th: 8 New York Times, October 9th: 1 Publishers Weeky, October 10th: 6 San Francisco Chronicle, October 9th: 1 Washington Post, October 9th: 5 Mirrormask Weekend Gross for October 7-9th: $93,539
Anansi Boys is at the top of the Entertainment Weekly best selling fiction chart, knocking off Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Salon posted mp3s of the SciFi Channel/Seeing Ear productions of Murder Mysteries (with Brian Dennehy) and Snow Glass Apples (with Bebe Neuwirth)on October 3rd. Salon’s Laura Miller reviewed Anansi Boys on September […]
From the October 4th Minneapolis City Pages: After nearly 14 years in the greater metro, Neil Gaiman has us sussed. “Minneapolis isn’t so small that everyone knows everyone else,” he says, settling into an old stenographer’s chair in the back room of Dreamhaven Books, where several stacks of volumes wait for his autograph. “But you […]
From the October 6th Toronto Eye: Neil Gaiman’s new book Anansi Boys, his publisher took out a full-page colour ad in the New York Times. “The wait is over,” the copy crowed. “The master storyteller and New York Times best-selling author of American Gods is back.” Tucked below the columnar type was a black and […]
From the October 6th Georgia Straight: Who is Neil Gaiman? He’s a writer, but you’re forgiven if you didn’t know. “If people know who I am and what I do, odds are they’ve read something by me and they liked it,” he suggests. “Occasionally, they’ve read something by me and they hate it.” Gaiman has […]
From the October 6th Metro: He’s got one movie in theatres and more on the way and yet another No. 1 book on the New York Times bestsellers list. Neil Gaiman’s life is good. The 44-year-old author of American Gods, Neverwhere, Coraline and the landmark Sandman comic book series hits Toronto on Saturday for a […]
From the October 5th National Post: The world is strewn with self-pitying accounts of the dreadful slogs of rock bands on tour, but when Neil Gaiman gave up performing music at an early age, he didn’t envision that the life of a travelling author could be even less enviable. Signing books till 1 a.m., leaving […]
From the October 2nd Richmond Times Dispatch: Just on a lark, or out of frustration with his bumbling, humdrum life in London, Charles Nancy whispers to a spider. Hardly expecting his long-forgotten, magical, inconsiderate brother to arrive, steal his fiancee and ruin his attempts at a life, Fat Charlie, as he’s known by most, soon […]