#siobhan dowd

[do-you-know-this-play]

#a monster calls #patrick ness #adam peck #siobhan dowd #theater #theatre #plays #tumblr polls

[jesusofholiday]

Du schreibst die Geschichte deines Lebens nicht mit Worten. Du schreibst sie mit Taten. Es ist nicht wichtig, was du denkst. Wichtig ist nur, was du tust

Sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht von Patrick Ness und Siobhan Dowd

#Geschichte #Siobhan dowd #Patrick Ness #Leben #Buch #Zitat #Taten

[movie-titlecards]

A Monster Calls (2016)

My rating: 6/10

Treebeard: Grief Counselor

This is a lot less twee than I expected it to be, the characters (apart from the bullies, which are rather one-dimensionally evil) feel very real, and it did make me have feelings, but it still feels a little... incomplete, I guess? Which may well be part of the point, because this thing is full of Points about how life and humans are messy and don't fit into neat narratives, but it still makes for a movie that is interesting rather than really engaging.

#A Monster Calls #J.A. Bayona #Patrick Ness #Siobhan Dowd #Lewis MacDougall #Sigourney Weaver #Felicity Jones #Youtube

[saintkevorkian]

'It's the amber light, Padraig. It sends you off in a trance.'

Bog Child, Siobhan Dowd

#siobhan dowd #bog child #legi

[reppyy]

#funny reactions #reppyreacts #reactions #A Monster Calls #First time watching #DRAMA MOVIE REACTION #MOVIE REACTION #J.A. Bayona #Patrick Ness #Siobhan Dowd #Lewis MacDougall #Conor #Sigourney Weaver #Felicity Jones #Toby Kebbell #Ben Moor #James Melville #Oliver Steer #Dominic Boyle #Jennifer Lim #Miss Kwan #Liam Neeson

[jesncin]

Do you have any favorite books or comics that you'd recommend?

Superhero comics or in general? I'll go in general, haha:

Our Dreams At Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani

This is the book series I'm most obnoxiously recommending people. It's influenced me ever since, Lunar Boy is a direct homage to this short series in many ways. It talks about the lived realities of being queer and Japanese in Japan- the queerphobia, the mental health struggles, the relationships (romantic and platonic) in an in depth way. It opened my eyes to what the queer narrative can be, and I'm forever grateful for it. This story is so good it actively ruins all other queer media for me, haha.

Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Yang and Gurihiru

This is the book I most successfully recommend to people. What can I say that I haven't said many times before? A reimagining of the classic Klan of the Fiery Cross arc from the classic Superman radio show, empathetically revitalized. A story that actually acknowledges and understands Superman as a direct immigrant allegory?? Where he relates to a Chinese American family being targeted by the Klan?? I love it, and many people have picked up how I'm influenced by it! You don't need to know anything about Superman or his lore, this is a very accessible story for newbies. If you want to know why I love Superman, this is it. This story is so good it actively ruins all other Superman media for me, haha.

Salt Magic by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock

One of my recent all time favorite graphic novels!! This story is everything I love about fairytales perfectly told in the graphic novel format. When a mysterious woman curses a family farm by turning their water supply into entirely undrinkable salt water- Vonceil must embark on an adventure to uplift the curse that hangs over her family history. Also Rebecca Mock's art is INCREDIBLE.

Homunculus by Joe Sparrow

Shortbox, the publisher for this comic, is retiring soon so order this book now! Or any books from them that you fancy (discount code here)! From the indie scene, Homunculus is a beloved short comic about a machine with growing sentience witnessing the end of the world, and what comes after. The style is lovely and the story is deceptively simple! It's heartbreaking by the end.

Berrybrook Middle School Series (Awkward, Brave, Crush, Enemies) by Svetlana Chmakova

This series is the reason I wanted to make middle grade graphic novels, and is in my humble opinion- the best in the business. Each story is self contained, with a cast of recurring characters that all go to Berrybrook middle school. It covers a wide variety of young experiences in an empathetic way that doesn't feel like you're being talked down to. It's a book series that nurtures the children it's for. I cried reading Brave, and Crush is such an important book that I'm ecstatic that kids get to read.

The Weight Of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

If you liked my Who Is Superman: A Private Interview with Lois Lane comic and want to learn more about the historical context behind it- I recommend The Weight Of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf. It doesn't cover the same history (this book is about the 1969 race riots in Malaysia), but it's such an eerily similar incident that I felt myself reflected in it. Hanna is an incredibly vivid writer, and she handles so many topics with sensitive care. She highlights that historical events like this need to be remembered, and how fictional stories can breathe new life into an increasingly forgotten history. Also Hanna is so nice.

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (original idea by Siobhan Dowd)

One of my all time favorite novels, with hauntingly beautiful mixed media illustrations by Jim Kay. I love how this book covers grief in such a messy and fantastical way- showing how its young protagonist has larger than life feelings he's trying to contain from the looming eventual death of his mom's illness. This book is special because it was conceived originally by Siobhan Dowd as she was going through terminal cancer, in collaboration with her editor and Ness. It feels like an intimate experience, and this heavy feeling of grief carries the whole book in a memorable way.

Those are my fav books off the top of my head! Happy reading :>

#askjesncin #booklr #longish post #i miss having time to read novels i should do that again before work piles up #[proceeds to read cape comics instead]

[sleeppaw]

Patrick Ness, an author, stood up for Sandi Toksvig, a lesbian, after she showed support for trans rights. And received a pile-on from TERFs for showing support to transgender people. Ness is the guy who wrote "The Chaos Walking Trilogy" and "A Monster Calls", the latter inspired by a friend of his who died of cancer, Siobhan Dowd. Dowd was dying of cancer, and knowing she was dying, came up with the idea of a monster that visited children whose parents were dying, but knowing she would not live to write the book, she gave the outline to Ness and set up a foundation to help disadvantaged children and young adults, with royalties from her books going to the foundation, The Siobhan Dowd Trust. Even on the cover for "A Monster Calls" it reads "Based on an idea by Siobhan Dowd".

#anti jk rowling #The reason why I tagged it #Julie Bindel and Helen Joyce are her supporters #Anti Julie Bindel #Anti Helen Joyce

[fallatyourfeet]

Nine (or so) People You Want to Get to Know Better:

Tagged by: @runnning-outof-time thanks K. I love doing these. Sorry it's taken so long to do though.

Last Song: For No One The Beatles (Album -Revolver) My whole family are Beatle tragics.

Currently Watching: Ten Pound Poms, an English-Australian Drama Series. For those of you who don't know, a ten pound pom is a term for an English person who immigrated to Australia after World War II, right up until 1975 (The boat passage to Australia cost 10 pounds). I'm not sure whether I like it or not, but I've started it and now I need to finish it.

Currently Reading: I'm just about to start 'A Monster Calls.' By Patrick Ness. It was adapted into a film in 2016, which I haven't seen. I'm told I'm going to need some tissues. The story idea was conceived by author, Siobhan Dowd, who sadly died of cancer before she could write it, so her editor asked Patrick Ness if he would write it in her stead.

Current Obsession: Real Estate (It's always my obsession, has always been an obsession). I love houses. I love looking at real estate websites. I love designing houses. I love planning and dreaming up renovations. I love browsing Tumblr and Pinterest at pictures of houses.... I could go on and on and on.....

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do it. I've been so out of touch lately, I feel weird about tagging anyone. If you decide to partake, please tag me so I can get to know you better.

#tag game

[lovelyyleilani]

Ofc I have a list so here are some of my favorites (in no particular order but Jurassic Park is on top)

• Jurassic Park (1993) — Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

• LOTR (2001-03) — TLOTR by J. R. Tolkien

• Hunger Games (2012-23) — THG by Suzanne Collins

• Outlander (2014-?) — Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

• My Policeman (2022) — MP by Bethan Roberts

• Watchmen (show and movie [2009-2019]) — Watchmen by Dave Gibbons

• Arrival (2016) — Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

• Coraline (2009) — Coraline by Neil Gaiman

• A Monster Calls (2016) — AMC by Patrick Ness (Siobhan Dowd) (my favorite book)

Last minute addition: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) -- TKAM by Harper Lee

Lmk your favorite book to screen adaptations!

#movie rant #jurassic park #movies #bookblr #books and movies #movieblr #movie blog #lord of the rings #the hunger games #hunger games #outlander #watchmen #arrival #coraline #a monster calls #my policeman #to kill a mockingbird

[sweetly-yours-and-mine]

i just stumbled across far from my eyes and holy shit??? one of the most beautiful fics i’ve read in a WHILE. perfectly captures the clumsy and beautiful connection that occurs between friends all too often and how naturally those people fit into each other’s lives. i love when writing feels quiet. like when i read that the voice in my head was whispering as to not disturb this precious moment between two characters. i have so many wonderful things to say about your writing but i don’t know how to put it all into words. that fic made me forget i was reading. i hope you continue the series because i feel like writing like yours is hard to come across in any fandom AND in published writing.

hi sweet anon! (so sorry for not responding sooner, i've been super busy these past few days but every time i thought of your ask i'd get giddy inside)

thank you, thank you, thank you! writing is hard, and it sends me over the moon when readers let me know that the effect i wanted to achieve was achieved, especially with 'far from my eyes' because that was exactly what i wanted, those awkward and fumbling little steps of young love even if javi and the reader both knew each other for so long

and that idea of whispering?? i never thought about it like that and i've always struggled in trying to find how exactly to articulate the action and my thoughts in my writing without intruding on the scene or the flow of the words but not rambling on and on for hours at a time, now that i have a name to it, i'll definitely know what to be looking for when i keep writing

as for 'Don't Tell Me', i do plan on continuing it for sure but i first really do need to finish my finals for this semester as well as Narcos s3 (lol typical me to write for a show i haven't finished), and i have ideas for two marc spector series as well as a dieter bravo series, so it's merely a matter of me buckling down to write these four

i do have another javi oneshot (that i may or may not be extending into a little oneshot universe) right: here

and since i want to spread the love, i do think that your ask could just as well apply to these fanfic writers on tumblr, since i really do look up to them and their writing styles are ones i think heavily influence mine:

@softlyspector - the absolute gold tier standard of writing, she's got some great Joel and Din stuff, and i quite literally throw myself of cliffs for her writing and characterization (especially of the moon knight system, i still need to get around to reading Tales Untold and giving it the full reblogs it deserves)

@pennyserenade - i consider miranda as the javi p expert, in terms of just helping me dive into characters and motivations, she's absolutely amazing (there's a reason she's studying this stuff and it shows) extremely talented, i would die to have 'scenes from a marriage' series with javi p in a published, bound book

@mourningbirds1 - 'don't look and it won't hurt' is just *mwah* i can't even articulate my thoughts about how much i enjoy this series (and hopefully you'll see how much i really do love her story sometime soon) (also the sweetest person around, ok?)

as for published authors i read and look up to (in the same levels as the writers and the works i mentioned above: Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood, John Steinbeck, Seamus Heaney, Samuel Beckett

and if i could name 'a swift pure cry' by Siobhan Dowd as well

anways nonnie sorry if this was rambly and just grammatically horrendous and not the answer you were looking for, but i wanted to let you know ab how warm and fuzzy this made me feel and extend that feeling to the lovely souls here as well and give you a little sneak peak into my future plans

#maria talks #maria's mail #i absolutely love getting asks from you guys

[kikiaantbloggen]

TOP 3 OOIT

Ik ga jullie natuurlijk vertellen over het boek dat ik ga lezen, maar eerst de top 3 beste boeken die ik al heb gelezen. Ik ga de top 3 van mijn jeugd delen en ook de top 3 van de boeken die ik het meest recent heb gelezen.

Laten we beginnen met boeken dat ik heb gelezen toen ik wat jonger was. Toen ik jong was las ik niet echt voor plezier, maar meestal gewoon omdat mijn moeder mij verplichte om een boek te openen. Ook gewoon omdat mijn elektronica werd afgenomen en ik niks beters te doen had dan om een boek te openen. Ik had wel altijd boeken in huis, ik koop altijd boeken op vakantie in Zeeland bij de 'drukkerij'. Het is niet dat ik ook nooit las, er lag altijd wel een boek klaar om gelezen te worden. Eenmaal ik wel in een boek zat kon ik er niet meer uit.

Mijn top 3 Nederlandse boeken die ik heb gelezen in mijn jeugd zijn: 1. Winston - Frauke Scheunemann 2. Het reuzenradmysterie - Siobhan Dowd 3. De verschrikkelijke badmeester - Jozua Douglas

Winston (uitgeverij: De Fontein, uitgave jaar: 2017) is een heel goed boek omdat het verhaal gewoon geniaal is. Het gaat over een meisje en haar kat die op een manier verwisseld zijn van lichaam. Helaas kan ik me niet zo heel goed herinneren over wat het verhaal gaat maar ik weet wel dat ik heel erg genoot van het boek lezen. In het boek heb je ook een paar quotes staan, laat zien dat het niet echt een 'cheesy' klein kinderverhaaltje is. Het speelt zich af in onze 'echte' wereld. Maar natuurlijk ook een beetje in de wereld van de straatkatten.

Het reuzenrad mysterie (uitgeverij van Goor, uitgave jaar: 2017) is echt een super goed detective verhaal. Het gaat over een broer en een zus die hun neef in het grootste reuzenrad zien gaan. Maar hij komt er niet meer uit. Hij is zomaar poef... weg. Wat leuk is in dit boek is dat het om de tijden zich afspeelt. Hier is een voorbeeld:

Je krijgt ook de theorieën van alle personages in het boek. Het volgt dan als (Teds theorie) of (Gloria's theorie). Het is leuk om te zien hoe de theorieën veranderen van de personages door het boek heen. DE PLOT TWIST op het einde is fenomenaal!! Echt jongere ik had dit nooit verwacht.

De verschrikkelijke badmeester (uitgeverij: De Fontein, uitgave jaar: 2012) is geschreven door een indrukwekkende schrijver: Jozua Douglas. Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat ik al zijn boeken heb gelezen. Dit boek is niet perse mijn lievelingsboek van hem. Ik weet wel dat ik dit boek heeeel goed vond. Zijn boeken zijn grappig, spannend, mysterieus en gewoon fijn. Zijn verhalen zijn moeilijke verhalen, maar makkelijk te volgen. Dat is wat het zo fijn maakt om te lezen; zijn boeken hebben een super goede verhaallijn die ja als kind makkelijk kan volgen. Ik zou zo graag deze boeken voor de eerste keer weer lezen.

Tijdens covid ben ik veel meer beginnen te lezen. Door de applicatie TikTok kreeg ik opeens heel veel boek suggesties. Ik heb besloten om boeken niet meer in het Nederlands te gaan lezen maar in het Engels. Het eerste boek dat ik heb gelezen was 'It's kind of a funny story'. Dit was het eerste boek in Engels dat ik heb gelezen (het was niet het makkelijkste boek om te lezen in die tijd). Ik vind het heel leuk om science- fiction te lezen maar ook boeken over psychische aandoeningen. Natuurlijk kan romance ook geen kwaad.

Mijn top 3 recente boeken (young- adult): 1. The Cruel Prince - Holly Black 2. From Lukov with love - Mariana Zapata 3. Dance of Thieves - Mary E. Pearson

The Cruel prince (uitgeverij: Little, Brown Books For Young Readers, uitgave jaar: 2018) is een trilogie - het is een hele goede serie, ik raad alle 3 aan. Persoonlijk vond ik niet dan één boek slechter was dan een ander, ze waren alle drie geweldig! Deze trilogie heb ik gelezen in de zomervakantie en ik kon de boeken niet weg leggen! Dit is een perfect fantasie verhaal in heel andere wereld. Het leuke is dat onze 'echte' wereld er ook in voor komt. Ik voelde heel veel verschillende dingen tijdens deze boeken te lezen. ECHT WAW.

From Lukov with love (uitgeverij: Headline Publishing Group, uitgave jaar: 2018) heb ik in de winter gelezen, dit is perfect met het verhaal omdat het verhaal ook in de winter afspeelt. Als ik terugdenk aan de tijd wanneer ik dit verhaal heb gelezen krijg ik alleen maar comfort gevoelens. Ik ben niet een hele grote fan van romance boeken maar deze was de perfecte slow- burn. De schrijfster is niet voor iedereen, omdat ze op een speciale manier schrijft. Haar boeken zijn heel dik en ze gebruikt heel veel worden zonder iets echt interessant te zeggen. Persoonlijk heb ik daar geen probleem mee. Ik vind het best wel fijn om af en toe zo een boek te lezen.

Ik heb Dance of Thieves (uitgeverij: Square Fish, uitgave jaar: 2019) helaas niet in één keer kunnen lezen, ik ben begonnen met het lezen van dit boek en heb het dan weggelegd en voor een lange tijd laten liggen. Eenmaal ik weer besloot om het boek te openen ben ik weer van start begonnen en heb ik het in één keer uitgelezen. Dit is was natuurlijk ook weer een geweldig fantasie verhaal! Het was moeilijk om te volgen maar het was wel gewoon een heel leuk verhaal.

UPDATE (18.01.23): ik denk net dat ik één van de beste trilogieën heb gelezen. Natuurlijk is 'the cruel prince' super goed, maar ik denk dat de oudere ikke nu met veel meer leeservaring vind ik deze boeken waw!!! Deze schrijfster kan schrijven! Respect! Het is gebaseerd op echte historische gebeurtenissen.

DE HELE SERIE, dat ik dat het niet beter kon HET LAATSTE BOEK! AGH ik kan er niet over komen. ECHT WAW, MEER DAN WAW. Ik huil echt niet bij boeken maar het laatste boek: TRANEN. Dit zijn schitterende boeken. Geen woorden gewoon puur verbazing over hoe goed een boek geschreven kan zijn! Kunnen we ook even een momentje stilte hebben over hoe prachtig de covers van de boeken zijn?

En voilà, hier was mijn top 3 (niet echt maar you get the point;))

[hauntthebodies]

4, 5, and 18 please! hope you’re doing well today!

4) favorite character you’ve written

My favorite character I’ve written isn’t one in HTB, but a character from another thing who, due to mental magic being incredibly illegal, was outwardly apathetic towards others despite being an uncontrolled empath, so he could feel what others around him were feeling all the time. It was very much a character meant to explore how forced apathy and disregard for others is far more damaging than being open with one’s emotions.

5) character you were most surprised to end up writing

I want to say Sloan has turned out far different than originally planned

18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, originally thought of by Siobhan Dowd. It is a story about a young boy coming to terms with his mother dying of cancer, while being bullied in school, among other things. The topic of death and grief is what really grabbed my attention, as you see I have a running theme in interests lol

#ask #anon #interactive fiction

[throughdarkeningskies]

incredible shame that the curious incident of the dog in the night time became the 2000s bestseller about a young autistic-coded teen solving a mystery when the london eye mystery by siobhan dowd is a book that exists

#im not gonna type up a whole essay yet but its. its kinder. idk how to explain it #book that is fundamentally more compassionate to its protagonist

[shadowlineswriting]

Ness

Once upon a time, a writer named Siobhan Dowd got cancer. She came up with an idea for a novel while she was sick and was contracted with an editor to write it, but she died before she could. That editor saw the potential in the story and arranged for another author, Patrick Ness, to write the book. That book became A Monster Calls.

I’d never heard of the book until I did a book challenge almost a decade ago in which I had to read books that met various requirements. One was “A book that makes you cry.” Since books generally don’t make me cry, I asked my friends for recommendations and one of my professors from graduate school recommended A Monster Calls. It didn’t make me cry at the time, but now that I know the story, I honestly bawl my eyes out every time I reread it.

Anyway, I adored the book. It’s such a beautiful tale. A Monster Calls, The Boy Who Drew Monsters, and I Kill Giants form sort of a trifecta of stories that show what children are capable of. I won’t talk about the other two because we reviewed them in the Ds and Ks, respectively, but just know that if you’re going to read one, you really ought to read all three.

A Monster Calls is about a boy whose single mother is dying of cancer. He knows this, but also doesn’t know how to face it. One night the yew tree he can see from his window turns into a monster and begins to tell him stories. The boy, Conor, cannot fathom why this is, because surely if a monster was going to show up, it should show up to save his mom. When he asks why the monster came at all, the monster says, “Because you called for me.” 

Here’s a scene from the book:

The monster: You thought I might have come to topple your enemies. Slay your dragons.

Conor still didn’t look back. But he didn’t go inside either.

You felt the truth of it when I said that you had called for me, that you were the reason I had come walking. Did you not?

Conor turned around. “But all you want to do is tell me stories,” he said, and he couldn’t keep the disappointment out of his voice, because it was true. He had thought that. He’d hoped that.

The monster knelt down so its face was close to Conor’s. Stories of how I toppled enemies, it said. Stories of how I slew dragons.

The whole book is honestly perfect, and that doesn’t happen very much. I wouldn’t change anything.

They turned this into a movie a few years ago and they did all right with it. I think they kept the overall tone of the book true to the original story. It wasn’t quite what I’d expected, but I didn’t hate it. I just didn’t love it the way I love this book, and always will. 

[byneddiedingo]

Lewis MacDougall in A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona, 2016) Cast: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Liam Neeson (voice), James Melville, Geraldine Chaplin. Screenplay: Patrick Ness,  based on a novel by Patrick Ness from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd. Cinematography: Oscar Faura. Production design: Eugenio Caballero. Film editing: Jaume Martí, Bernat Vilaplana. Music: Fernando Velázquez. The fable of A Monster Calls is the intertwining of grief and guilt. Young Conor (Lewis MacDougall), mourning his mother (Felicity Jones), who died of cancer, is haunted by nightmares in which he tries and fails to save her as the earth crumbles beneath their feet. The nightmares cause him to be dysfunctional at school and in the home of his grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), with whom he has gone to live. Eventually, the nightmares come to life in the shape of a giant monster yew tree that gives him parables (in the voice of Liam Neeson) which reveal to Conor something more terrible: that he wanted his mother to die. But the revelation also makes him aware that his wish for her death was the product of his wanting her to be released from suffering. The psychological complexity of the fable is richly imagined, but its subtlety tends to get overwhelmed by the impressive special effects -- yet another lesson that film is not always the best narrative vehicle for complex ideas.

#A Monster Calls #J.A. Bayona #Lewis MacDougall

[yvonnewilson]

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 An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting - he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd - whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself - Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.