Oz and Ends

Musings about some of my favorite fantasy literature for young readers, comics old and new, the peculiar publishing industry, the future of books, kids today, and the writing process.

Showing posts with label AUTHOR J. M. Barrie. Show all posts

Showing posts with label AUTHOR J. M. Barrie. Show all posts

23 September 2014

Finding Neverland Has a Lot to Answer For

In 2004 Miramax released Finding Neverland , with Johnny Depp playing a handsomer-than-real-life James M. Barrie, Kate Winslet as a more-w...

18 August 2014

Wisest Thing I’ve Read Today

Over the weekend the Boston Globe ran an interview with eleven-year-old actor Aidan Gemme. He’s currently starring as Peter Llewellyn in...

19 January 2012

Moorcock: “the prose of the nursery-room”

From Michael Moorcock’s essay “Epic Pooh,” as archived at Revolution SF (it was originally written in 1978, revised in 1989, and revised ag...

03 November 2007

Anthony Horowitz: "How Depressing It Is"

A while back I linked to this complaint in the tabloid Daily Mail from Anthony Horowitz, creator of juvenile spy Alex Rider. Reading the gr...

24 June 2007

Graphic Novels, Some More Graphic Than Others

This will be COMICS WEEK at Oz and Ends since I’ve built up a bunch of thoughts on that topic and have nowhere else to put them. To start, h...

15 July 2006

Dueling sequels to Peter Pan

In this corner, the Miami Herald offers an interview with its former star columnist, Dave Barry , and novelist Ridley Pearson on their se...

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