New Exhibition and Walking Tour Highlights Oliver Twist’s London
The Charles Dickens Museum in London has opened a new exhibit that encourages visitors to follow in the footsteps of Charles Dickens and visit the sites that inspired his classic novel Oliver Twist. The exhibit will, according to curator Louisa Price, show how the beloved novel “was shaped by Dickens’s life and his world and the streets around him.” The accompanying walking tour will take visitors to famous places from the novel, including Saffron Hill, which was the home of Fagin’s den of thieves, and Clerkenwell Green, where Oliver is pursued by a mob. Also on the tour is the office of the notorious Mr. Laing, the man who inspired the horrible magistrate in Oliver Twist who presides over Oliver’s pick-pocketing trial. The exhibition and self-guided walking tour (with accompanying audio) opens this Wednesday, June 30th.
Amazon Renews Good Omens for Season 2
Amazon’s six-part fantasy epic series Good Omens, based on the 1990 novel written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, has been renewed for a second season. Michael Sheen and David Tennant will be reprising their roles as angel Aziraphale and demon Crawley. Author Neil Gaiman is also returning to executive produce showrun alongside executive producer Douglas Mackinnon, who will also direct. Since the first season of the show covered a lot of the material in the novel, season 2 will explore storylines that go beyond the source material. John Finnemore and Neil Gaiman will be writing that new material for the show. Gaiman said, “There are so many questions people have asked about what happened next (and also, what happened before) to our favorite Angel and Demon. Here are the answers you’ve been hoping for.”
Navajo Students Write Book About Life in Monument Valley
The Navajo students at Tse’Bii’Nidzisgai Elementary School and Monument Valley High School have written a book filled with oral histories and drawings that capture what life is like in Monument Valley. For the book, entitled Hózhó, A Walk in Beauty, the students in Monument Valley interviewed their grandparents and other relatives about what life used to be like on the Navajo Nation. All proceeds from the book will go towards scholarships for students looking to attend college or other alternate forms of higher education.
The Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of (Summer 2021)
We’ve got your roundup of books you’ve never heard of (ones you won’t want to miss). Get ready to add them all to your summer 2021 TBR.