NYRB NEWS
Two more chances to hear Ruth Scurr discuss 'John Aubrey, My Own Life'
If you missed Ruth Scurr's events for her book John Aubrey, My Own Life, in New York and Cambridge, you can still hear her discuss and read from the book at events this week and next.
Tonight, September 22, at 7 p.m., Scurr will be in conversation with fellow historian Amanda Foreman at Book Culture on Columbus (450 Columbus Ave, New York). Read more about the event here.
On Monday, September 26, at 7:30 p.m., Scurr will discuss John Aubrey, My Own Life with Anthony Grafton at the Free Library of Philadelphia (1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia). More information here.
NYRB at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Join NYRB at this year's Brooklyn Book Festival, starting with Children's Day on September 17th and then the main festival on September 18th.
On Children's Day (9/17) find us at booth 20, in the Metrotech Commons of Downtown Brooklyn, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., where we'll have an assortment of our children's books at discounted prices.
On Sunday, September 18th, stop by booths 309 and 310 at the main Brooklyn Book Festival at 209 Joralemon Street, where we’ll have books at discounted prices, free copies of the latest issue of The New York Review of Books, and more.
At 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, cartoonist and Almost Completely Baxter author Glen Baxter will join cartoonists Ben Katchor (Cheap Novelties) and Emily Flake (Mama Tried) on a panel titled "Hey, Some Comics Are Still Funny!" moderated by "Connie to the Wonnie" web cartoonist Connie Sun. The panel will be held at the Brooklyn Historical Society Auditorium, 128 Pierrepont Street.
NYRB at the 2016 Small Press Flea
Praise for Otfried Preussler's 'The Robber Hotzenplotz'
We were pleased to receive a starred review from School Library Journal for The New York Review Children's Collection edition of Otfried Preussler's The Robber Hotzenplotz:
"Both wonderfully timeless and quirky, this unconventional adventure will delight its audience and belongs in most collections.” —School Library Journal
The New York Review Children's Collection publishes Preussler's Krabat and the Sorcerer's Mill, The Little Water Sprite, The Little Witch, and The Robber Hotzenplotz. To learn more about Otfried Preussler, one of Germany's most beloved children's authors, visit his author page.
Praise for 'The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe' by D.G. Compton
GQ Magazine recently listed D.G. Compton's dark, futuristic novel, The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe, as a "must read" for the month of July. Kevin Nguyen writes of Compton's book, "Considering Katherine Mortenhoe was originally published in 1974, the book is eerily relevant in a world where we’ve surrendered so much of our personal information to tech giants like Facebook and Google. It also reads like something written today, which is impressive for something written yesterday about tomorrow."
See the entire must-read list here.
Father's Day Books from NYRB
This Father's Day, share books from NYRB with your dad. We recommend Twenty Days with Julian & Little Bunny by Papa, Nathaniel Hawthorne's tender and funny reflection on three weeks spent with his five-year-old son, with an introduction by Paul Auster. For read alouds, we suggest William McCleery's Wolf Story (with illustrations by Warren Chappell), a book about a father, his son, and a perpetual bedtime (and other times) story about a not-so-canny wolf and his desired dinner, a hen.
Read about Garth Williams, illustrator of The Rescuers, on Page-Turner
Want to learn more about Garth Williams, who illustrated The Rescuers, Stuart Little, and Charlotte's Web? We recommend Sarah Larson's article on Williams, and the new biography of the illustrator out this month, on the New Yorker's Page-Turner blog.
The New York Review Children's Collection publishes The Rescuers in hardcover, and this September we'll publish a paperback edition in our new NYRB Kids series.
Read 'Young Once' by Patrick Modiano with Shakespeare & Co. NYC's Book Club
On Tuesday, June 7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Shakespeare & Co. (93 Lexington Ave, New York) will host a book club conversation about Patrick Modiano's Young Once, published by NYRB Classics. Translator Damion Searls will join the discussion.
To participate, please RSVP to [email protected] or in the store. Visit Shakespeare & Co.'s website for more information.