An Evening with Neil Gaiman

Overview

Neil Gaiman jumps genre easily, and casually knocks off any number of impossible things before breakfast. As a young journalist his rediscovery of comics lead to an award winning-run on Sandman that effectively redefined the medium to something with mainstream appeal. He’s a blogging pioneer, who helped bring Miyazaki to western screens well before Spirited Away and has staked out a career as a novelist with books like the soon-to-be-adapted-by-HBO American Gods. Not to mention that he’s also Mr Amanda Palmer and writes some of the best Doctor Who scripts (spoilers) around.

With a chocolate, mid-Atlantic fusion of midwestern and English vowels, his live readings tend to seduce the ear, even as they also tend to scare you senseless. This so-called Master of Modern horror is returning on one of his now semi-regular visits to Australia to promote his upcoming novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane at An Evening With Neil Gaiman, presented by the Sydney Writers' Festival. Although you can console yourself with a trove of his free work online, get in quick if you want a closer look at the flesh. His readings sell out in a blink.

Tickets should go on sale at the City Recital Hall website from 9am, Wednesday December 19. Doors open at 7pm for an 8pm start.