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Neil Gaiman | On Endings, Epilogues, and Afters (Part 3)

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Over four nights this fall, Neil Gaiman gives a series of lectures on writing in which he explores his creative strategies, sharing stories and offering advice. These will be live-streamed from Fisher Center on the Bard campus. On Endings, Epilogues, and Afters takes place on Oct 14, 2023 and is the third of a four-part lecture series on Story:

Oct 12 - Pulling Back the Curtain: How Fiction Works and Why It Still Matters (Part 1)
Oct 13 - To Pay the Pied Piper: The Cost of Stories (Part 2)
Oct 14 - On Endings, Epilogues, and Afters (Part 3)
• TBA - Special Session for New College Students (Part 4)

Free access to this lecture series for members of the New College of Florida student and alumni community. For current New College of Florida students and alumni, please email info@altliberalarts.org and write “Gaiman” in the subject line. Those not affiliated with New College of Florida can still attend this lecture by purchasing tickets here.


Speaker:

NEIL GAIMAN is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author and creator of books, graphic novels, short stories, film, and television for all ages, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The View from the Cheap Seats. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. American Gods, based on the 2001 novel, is now a critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated TV series, and he was the writer and showrunner for the mini-series adaptation of Good Omens, based on the book he co-authored with Sir Terry Pratchett. Gaiman was an Executive Producer and co-showrunner for Netflix’s TV adaptation of his Sandman comic book series. He is currently developing season two of Good Omens and a TV adaptation of Anansi Boys. In 2017, Gaiman became a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Originally from England, he now divides his time between Scotland, where Good Omens and Anansi Boys are filmed, and the United States, where he is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College. Gaiman attributes his MasterClass on Writing, one of the most popular produced, to his time teaching at Bard. He is a fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.


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