Endymion Spring
Story
Endymion Spring, apprentice to book printer Gutenberg, is entrusted with a mysterious book and flees to hide it. In current day Oxford, Blake finds a blank book in a library. Soon words appear only he can see, and he realizes that the book holds dangerous knowledge about a century old secret.
Why we chose it
A fantasy adventure set in modern day Oxford and in Mainz in the s in the early days of the printing press.
Where it came from
Endymion Spring is Matthew Skelton’s debut novel. He worked at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and then graduated with a PhD in English Literature from Oxford University. The idea for the book came to him while writing his doctoral thesis.
Where it went next
Endymion Spring reached No. 2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and was translated into 23 languages.
Associated stories
Matthew Skelton’s second novel is The Story of Cirrus Flux.
Matthew Skelton
Born
The United KingdomWebsite
Genre
Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Matthew Skelton was born in the UK but spent most of his childhood in Canada. He started writing while working as a teaching assistant at the University of Mainz, continued when he came back to Oxford to work as a research assistant. In he won Richard and Judy's short story competition. Endymion Spring is his first w Skelton was born in the UK but spent most of his childhood in Canada. He started writing while working as a teaching assistant at the University of Mainz, continued when he came back to Oxford to work as a research assistant. In he won Richard and Judy's short story competition. Endymion Spring is his first novelmore
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Endymion Spring
Blake is visiting Oxford with his academic mother and his kid sister. While their mum immerses herself in olde worlde volumes, Blake feels trapped in the dusty air of the college library. Until one day, Blake is running his finger along the shelf and feels something pierce his finger, drawing blood - like a bite. The book responsible is a battered old volume, with a strange clasp like a serpent's head - with real fangs. Printed on its front are words- Endymion Spring. Its paper is almost luminous - blank, wordless, but with a texture that seems to shine, and fine veins running through it. The paper quivers, as if it's alive. And as Blake looks, words begin to appear on the page - words meant only for him; words no one else can see.
Matthew Skelton
About Author
Matthew Skelton's debut novel Endymion Spring was plucked from the slush pile of the Felicity Bryan Agency in Oxford, for its outstanding originality of style. Matthew's only other previously published work is a short story, The Man Who Did Not Dream, which was selected for Richard and Judy's Winning Stories published by Chrysalis in His story was one of 25, out of 10, entries, chosen by Richard and Judy to appear in the anthology. The furious bidding war for Endymion Spring between five UK children's publishers, resulted in a life-changing publishing deal from Puffin in December Endymion Spring has since been sold for a six-figure sum to Delacorte in the US with film rights sold to Warner Bros. Matthew was born in England in and brought up in Canada. He completed his PhD in English Literature at the University of Oxford in , after which he worked as a visiting lecturer in Book History at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet in Mainz, Germany, and as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Modern History Faculty at Oxford.
Interview
Damian Kelleher interviews Matthew Skelton
Where were you brought up?
I was born in England and raised in Canada.
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