Did you see this? In the “By the Book” series in the Book section of the New York Times, Anne Lamott had this to say: “A Wrinkle in Time” saved me because it so captured the grief and sense of isolation I felt as a child. I was 8 years old when it came out, […]
First Book provides great books to children from low-income families, and they’ve given away a lot of books in the past twenty years. In fact, they’re about to distribute their 100 millionth book, and they want YOU to help choose what it should be. There are 10 books to choose from, and A Wrinkle in […]
November 29th is Madeleine’s birthday. This year on that day, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine will be dedicated as Literary Landmark to recognize the church’s connection with Madeleine, who served as the Cathedral librarian for more than 40 years. The event, which is open to the public, is scheduled for 4 p.m. […]
The much-anticipated graphic novel adaptation by Hope Larson will be available starting October 2, 2012! Check out the trailer.
Road trip? Listen to this from NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday on best audio books. Yup, one of them is a new production of A Wrinkle in Time by Hope Davis. Our own recommendations for car trips: Radio Lab and Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
At last! On the big screen! Camilla Dickinson is premiering at the Seattle Film Festival on May 20th. You can buy tickets here, and read about the film here.
Will A Wrinkle in Time make it to the big screen? Possibly. Camilla, though, is almost there! Check out this article in Christianity Today on the making of Camilla, the movie, by Madeleine’s god-daughter, filmmaker Cornelia Moore.
This story ran yesterday on most public radio stations. Enjoy! “Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a publisher hearing a pitch about a children’s book whose tangled plot braids together quantum physics, fractions and megaparsecs (a measure for distances in intergalactic space). The book also casually tosses out phrases in French, Italian, German and ancient […]
National Public Radio’s All Things Considered will be running a segment on the 50th Anniversary of A Wrinkle in Time on Monday, March 5th! Please listen (and we’ll post the link/audio file when available). They interviewed Madeleine’s granddaughter Charlotte, as well as When You Reach Me author Rebecca Stead.
According to the NYT: Janice Voss, a space shuttle astronaut and scientist who explored the behavior of fire in weightlessness, how plants adapt to extraterrestrial flight and an array of other phenomena while logging nearly 19 million miles circling Earth, died on Monday at a hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz. She was 55 and lived in […]