In-Store: Katherine Rundell in conversation with Adam Gidwitz

Join us for a special dual launch of THE NEVERFEAR and WHY YOU SHOULD READ CHILDREN’S BOOKS, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SO OLD AND WISE!
About this Event

Event guidelines:

• Paid tickets are limited to restrict capacity at our store, and each ticket will include either a copy of each featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.
• Free RSVPs are available for ONLY the signing line, starting at 7:30pm.
• Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. A signing will follow the talk.
• The event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/B6LRv1mBLMU
• As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].

Join us for an evening celebrating children's literature with award-winning authors Katherine Rundell and Adam Gidwitz, for the launch of Katherine's TWO new books: Impossible Creatures #3: The Neverfear and Why You Should Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise.

Paid tickets include access to the conversation and signing line. Free RSVPs are for the signing line only!

Katherine Rundell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Impossible Creatures and The Poisoned King. Her other books for children include Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, and The Good Thieves. For adult readers, Rundell has written Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures and Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. She was the recipient of the British Book Award for Book of the Year and Author of the Year. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.

Bestselling author Adam Gidwitz was a teacher for eight years. He told countless stories to his students, who then demanded he write his first book, A Tale Dark & Grimm. Adam has since written two companion novels, In a Glass Grimmly and The Grimm Conclusion. He is also the author of The Inquisitor’s Tale, which won the Newbery Honor, and The Unicorn Rescue Society series. Adam still tells creepy, funny fairy tales live to kids on his podcast Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest—and at schools around the world. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, daughter, and dog, Lucy Goosey.