Gareth Hinds

Growing up in small-town Vermont, Gareth Hinds was a "nerdy kid who drew all the time." Now he's an accomplished graphic novelist described by comics expert Scott McCloud as "a talent to be reckoned with." His adaptations of classic works of literature have been praised by critics and honored with selections ... (more)to the lists of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age and American Library Association Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Of his Beowulf, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books says, "With treatments like this available, honors English may never be the same," and Kirkus calls his graphic novel of The Merchant of Venice "the standard that all [Shakespeare adaptations] will strive to meet." Gareth explains the motivation for his work this way: "I try to make the classics more accessible to anyone who might be a little intimidated by either the language or the length of the originals, which includes both kids and adults." Both kids and adults, then, will enjoy Gareth's highly visual presentation about the process by which he creates a graphic novel. At this event he'll talk about his recent adaptations of two of Shakespeare's plays, King Lear and The Merchant of Venice, AND give us a sneak peek at his forthcoming graphic novel of The Odyssey, to be published by Candlewick Press in the Fall of 2010. He'll also sign books and accept your words of congratulations on becoming the newest addition to the extended Booksmith family! (He married our store's Children's Book Buyer, Alison Morris, on September 12th of this year.)

Please join Porter Square Books for the release party for Gareth Hinds' graphic adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Please visit Gareth's Website for more information.

Gareth Hinds is the author of a graphic adaptation of Beowulf, which Publisher's Weekly calls a "full-color mixed ... (more)media gem," and of

King Lear. He has been drawing visual stories since his earliest childhood and now has a BFA in illustration from the Parsons School of Design.