The Invention of Noah Barleywater

Here are a couple of things that I’m very excited about:

Firstly, the forthcoming childrens novel from John Boyne which is illustracted by the fantastic Oliver Jeffers. The novel will be published on September 29^th and is called ‘Noah Barleywater Runs Away’. John Boyne says “It’s a fairytale about a boy- Noah Barleywater- who runs away from home one morning deep into a forest. At the heart of the forest he discovers a small toy shop owned by an old man who has a host of stories to tell”.

Speaking of toy shops owned by old men, the second thing that I await with baited breath is 2011’s realease of Martin Scorcese’s film adaptation of ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’. The book has been a firm favourite of mine since I picked it up a few years ago. The book itself is so cinematic in style that it should make for seemless transition to the silver screen. The movie will star Sacha Baron Cohen (?!) as the station master, Ben Kingsely as George Melies, Kick Ass’s’s’s Chloe Moretz will play Isabelle and Asa Butterfield will be playing Hugo. Here’s an interesting interview with author Brian Selznick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfBEUhP9aCY&feature=related

That's all for now :)