by Kelly Pickerill
Just like in the film industry, the fall is the season when some of the best books of the year are published. Publishers are gearing up for the holiday season, and slot all their brightest gems, from new authors to the old reliables, to come out during the last months of the year. So this week is an exciting one for Random House, and for us Lemurians, and for you readers, too, because The Night Circus has arrived!
I’m not sure why we haven’t talked much about the book publicly yet, because for months now we’ve certainly been talking about it in the store. We had a couple of advanced copies back in May, when John and Joe went to BEA (the big book conference in NYC), and came back telling us that everyone there was talking about the book. For a new author, whose book is months away from publication, to be buzzed about at a bookseller’s conference like BEA, that’s huge!
Lisa had already quietly read it in April (due to the savvy work of our Random House rep, Liz) and by the end of the May conference our advanced copies were hot as they passed from reader to reader. To date, these are the Lemurians who have read and loved this book:
Lisa, Kaycie, Zita, Emily, Kelly, Anna, Claire, Quinn, Ashley, Nan, Maggie. That’s just about everyone on our staff.
Erin Morgenstern visits with followers of The Night Circus at BEA in May.
On Erin Morgenstern’s book tour you can expect some enthusiastic events. One reason for this is because the book lends itself so well to creativity. The circus is the foreground of a behind-the-scenes duel between two magicians who at first don’t know each other’s identities, so they have to be content to “one-up” each other through the medium of the circus attractions. They create an ice garden, an enchanted clock, a cloud maze, and many other nifty no-limit-to-the-imagination things.
Lemuria’s event with Erin, which is October 3rd, starting at 5, is no exception. Most everything is in the planning stages still, and it’s also hush hush, but suffice it to say that you can expect to walk into a circus in the Dotcom building that Monday evening.
The Night Circus is our September pick for First Editions Club. Though Erin won’t be here till October 3rd, some of the copies that arrived this week were pre-signed. Come pick up your copy of the debut novel that’s got everyone talking this fall — The Night Circus is a thrilling, magical tale from beginning to end.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Random House, September 2011)
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