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Daniel Handler recently discussed his new book, "And Then? And Then? What Else?", with Nancy Pearl. The interview goes into how the book started out; the use of quotes; on notebooks (at 7min); on taking creative writing classes and finding a mentor in Kit Reed (at 14min); on his favorite bookstore in London and what Daniel is reading right now (at 24min).

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Brett Helquist's artwork for the cover of The Wide Window. This is now available as a quality print at 25% off sale from Mr. Helquist's online shop. "The large size is very close to the size of my original art."

#brett helquist #lemony snicket #asoue

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Mr. Handler (far left) has turned 54. Let's congratulate him for his devotion to noble and befuddling endeavors.

We don't know what is going on in this picture.

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Daniel Handler (The Orange County Register, May 4, 2022)

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Brett Helquist's artwork for the cover of The Reptile Room. This is now available as a quality print at 25% off sale from Mr. Helquist's online shop. (Note: Will not arrive before Christmas.) "The large size is very close to the size of my original art."

#brett helquist #lemony snicket #asoue

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Questionable advice from a Canadian volunteer journalist.

The Windsor Star, Ontario, January 8, 1927

#VFD

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Trees are losing their leaves. Leaves are raked into piles and burned. The smoke is bad for the trees. Life is often like this.

Lemony Snicket (via thesnicketfile)

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Brett Helquist has recently put up his cover illustration for The Bad Beginning to buy as a print from his Etsy shop. As per his description: "The large size [print] is very close to the size of my original art".

#helquist #Brett Helquist #ASoUE #A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Part memoir, part inspiration for aspiring writers, And Then? And Then? What Else? traces Daniel Handler's sometimes challenging and often amusing path toward one of the most spectacularly successful writing careers of the twenty-first century. Declaring his love of strange literature, Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil in particular, Handler reflects on the life experiences--some of them deeply personal and revealed for the first time--and the cultural influences that shaped his writing, both under his own name and as Lemony Snicket, the lonely, beleaguered, somehow both cynical and romantic narrator of the beloved thirteen-volume saga of three unlucky orphans that became one of the best-selling series of all time. Inspiring, revelatory, and entertaining, And Then? And Then? What Else? is destined to become a classic of its genre, every bit as influential as Eudora Welty's One Writer's Beginnings or Stephen King's On Writing have been on previous generations.

Out May 21, 2023. Pre-order it here.

#Daniel Handler #Books

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The Boston Globe, Massachusetts, July 21, 1951

#Snickety witticism

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Three illustrations by Mike Mignola - with a portrait of Lemony Snicket on the left - all from the upcoming “Illuminated Edition” of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio by Beehive Books.

BB press publisher Josh O’Neil talked about the project and how Lemony Snicket got involved:

We were like, 'Lemony Snicket would be the perfect person to write an intro for this.' I'm a huge fan of his work and there's so much spiritually in common with his books and with Pinocchio. I reached out to him, and he got back to me and said, "I don't want to write an intro for this book, but I have something I want to pitch you: I want to do a full text annotation of Pinocchio, the premise being that I'm encountering it for the first time and it's this legendary, almost Lovecraftian text that drives people insane when they read it because it’s so bizarre.” So the premise is, Lemony Snicket is slowly being driven insane by reading Pinocchio. That was such an intriguing and brilliant idea.

Mr. Mignola, for his part has said: "I was probably in my early teens when I first read Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio. I was blown away by just how different it was than the Disney film—It was just such a crazy thing. I’d never read anything like it." And, “I really think between this and Dracula, this is what’s formed whatever the hell it is I do, my sensibilities.”

You can donate to the project until April 21, and secure your own copy here.

#Lemony Snicket #Mike Mignola #Carlo Collodi #Pinocchio #children's literature

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Daniel Handler gives a tour of The Rabbit Hole (a museum dedicated to children’s literature) in Kansas City:

In early December 2021, we were honored to host Daniel Handler, who is often mistaken for Lemony Snicket. While he was here we filmed a somewhat accurate tour of The Rabbit hOle. Though the information he shared may be questionable and a year later The Rabbit hOle looks much different, his musical performance in the second half of the video holds up nicely.

#Daniel Handler #Lemony Snicket #Mournful Music #children's literature

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March 2023 - Lemony Snicket has collaborated with illustrator Mike Mignola for Beehive Books press to bring you an “Illuminated Edition” of Carlo Collodi’s classic “Pinocchio” with 50+ illustrations by Mignola, and 100+ annotations by Snicket (above is an example).

[It] features a full text annotation by Lemony Snicket, who takes the reader along with him for his own first experience of the story in all of its bubbling stew of anarchic madness, surreal symbolism and social commentary. Snicket's annotations are presented as removable typewritten sheets, complete with all the tell-tale revisions and ink-stains of an incipient authorial madness. 

Mr Snicket says,

“for many years I have been curious to see if I, too, will join the tradition of readers completely transformed into lunatics from a reading of PINOCCHIO, and although Carlo Collodi died long ago, I like to think that somewhere, somehow, he is interested in seeing what I might have to say as I read this book and likely lose my mind. Perhaps you are too.”

Beehive Books need funding for printing and distribution of this book, and until April 21 you can donate to their project - as well as read more about it - here.

#Lemony Snicket #Mike Mignola #Carlo Collodi #Pinocchio #children's books

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We wish a warm and safe Christmas and/or a joyous day, free from trouble at least for today, to all of ye around the world.

Quote from Lemony Snicket’s Christmas tale, The Lump of Coal.

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Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.

Lemony Snicket (The Beatrice Letters).

Mr. Snicket’s representative Daniel Handler is celebrating his 52nd birthday today (February the 28th, depending where you are). Let’s congratulate him and hope for the best.

#Lemony Snicket #Daniel Handler

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Daniel Handler has made a short video talking about a moving, haunting poem by Czeslaw Milosz - click through to read and watch.

#Daniel Handler #Czeslaw Milosz #poetry

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Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. But in my case, the only thing that made sense of the world was you, and without you the world will seem as garbled and tragic as a malfunctioning typewrite9.

Lemony Snicket in a letter to Beatrice Baudelaire (via thesnicketfile)

#Valentine's Day #Lemony Snicket