Tag: Salman Rushdie

July 17, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Trailer Bonanza

A little more than a year ago I conducted a Children’s Literary Salon at NYPL with a bunch of talented female graphic novelists of children’s literature (Colleen AF Venable (Hamster and Cheese), Raina Telegemeier (Smile), and Tracy White (How I Made it to Eighteen)). It was recorded for posterity (unlike most of my Salons) and […]

January 9, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: “The only consolation is, you’re gonna die quickly with a Kindle.”

I was pleased to hear that the nuptials of Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer have at long last taken place. Apparently Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) played the accordion. Just prior to that, however, Palmer and Gaiman and some friends made this little ode to Henson’s Labyrinth (which some will tell you is based on Sendak’s […]