Tickets on Sale Friday for St. Louis Literary Award Ceremony
Maggie Rotermund
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ST. LOUIS – Tickets for the 2023 St. Louis Literary Award presentation in April go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10.
Actor and St. Louis native Jon Hamm will interview writer Neil Gaiman when Gaiman receives the Literary Award on Thursday, April 13 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. A craft talk will take place on Friday, April 14, on the campus of Saint Louis University.
Gaiman is a prolific author of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama. He has been honored with both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals.
While he is best known as a novelist, Gaiman is adept at writing in a variety of forms. His work includes “Coraline,” “Neverwhere,” “The Ocean At The End Of The Lane,” “American Gods,” “The Graveyard Book,” “Stardust,” and “The Sandman.”
The Netflix adaptation of “The Sandman” premiered in August.
This will be Hamm’s second time behind the microphone for the St. Louis Literary Award. Hamm previously interviewed Michael Chabon in 2020, when Chabon was honored. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that interview was held virtually.
Purchase Tickets
Ticket registration starts at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, on Saint Louis University’s website. Tickets are available for in-person or virtual attendance. The Literary Award ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13. Tickets are $10.
A craft talk will take place on Friday, April 14, on the campus of Saint Louis University at the Busch Student Center from 12-1 p.m.
The St. Louis Literary Award department in SLU Libraries also includes a Campus Read series, which is open to the public; the Undergraduate Writing Award; Literature & Medicine; Inspired By Arts Showcase for High School and College Students; and the Walter J. Ong S.J. Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research.
The Campus Read will mainly focus on two of Gaiman’s most memorable works, “The Graveyard Book” and “Stardust.” The talks will also feature conversations about other aspects of his work including film, graphic novels and comics, poetry, music, and television.
Two upcoming speakers include London-based composer, Ilan Eshkeri, who wrote the music for the film version of Stardust starring Clarie Daines, Robert Deniro and Michelle Pfeifer. Eshkeri’s talk and audience Q&A will be live from London at noon Feb. 23. Acclaimed graphic artist and longtime Gaiman collaborator, P. Craig Russell, will also be a featured speaker on March 30 at 7 p.m.
The Campus Read Book talk series is open to the public with registration. All Book Talks will take place over Zoom.
St. Louis Literary Award
The St. Louis Literary Award is presented annually by the Saint Louis University Libraries and has become one of the top literary prizes in the country. The award honors a writer who deepens our insight into the human condition and expands the scope of our compassion. Some of the most important writers of the 20th and 21st centuries have come to Saint Louis University to accept the honor, including Margaret Atwood, Salmon Rushdie, Eudora Welty, John Updike, Saul Bellow, August Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, Zadie Smith and Tom Wolfe.