Open to All Ages - A Family Event
Gareth Hinds is the award-winning author and creator of graphic novels — adaptations of literary classics, mythology and history, such as Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey, Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, among others.
He is known for dynamic drawing and painting in a range of traditional and digital media. Based on careful research, his work creates a vivid sense of time and place and brings to life the emotion, action and drama of the story.
Gareth will be at the library to talk about his work with a demonstration of his art to follow.
The author will be signing copies of his books, available for purchase at the event.
GARETH HINDS is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including Beowulf (which Publisher’s Weekly called a “mixed-media gem”), King Lear (which Booklist named one of the top 10 graphic novels for teens), The Merchant of Venice (which Kirkus called “the standard that all others will strive to meet” for Shakespeare adaptation), The Odyssey (which garnered four starred reviews and a spot on ten “best of 2010” lists), Romeo and Juliet (which Kirkus called “spellbinding”), and Macbeth (which the New York Times called “stellar” and “a remarkably faithful rendering”). Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library’s “Literary Lights for Children” award. His books can be found in bookstores and English classrooms across the country, and his illustrations have appeared in such diverse venues as the Society of Illustrators, the New York Historical Society, and over a dozen published video games. He is currently working on The Aeneid for publication in 2026.