BRATTLEBORO — David Macaulay, author and illustrator of “Castle,” “Cathedral,” and “The Way We Work,” will discuss his current projects and challenges in his work in a talk entitled “Life in the Studio” at Brooks Memorial Library on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Main Room.
The presentation is part of the Vermont Humanities Council First Wednesday Lecture series.
Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages.
His awards include the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award.
In 2006, he was made recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given “to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.”
Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.
An exhibit of David's works in progress runs in the Children's Illustrators' Bookcases on the second floor, opposite the Children's Room, throughout November.
The Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays series is held on the first Wednesday of every month from October through May in nine communities statewide, featuring speakers of national and regional renown.
Talks in Brattleboro are held at Brooks Memorial Library unless otherwise noted. The program is free, accessible to people with disabilities, and open to the public.
Upcoming Brattleboro talks include “Whitey Bulger and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice” with Boston Globe reporter Kevin Cullen on Dec. 4; “What if Poor Women Ran the World?” with labor historian Annelise Orleck on Jan. 8, 2014; and “Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Writing the Red Wheel in Vermont,” with Conductor and pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn on Feb. 5.