The Night Circus

The author of one of the hit novels of 2011 talks about her inspiration, magic, the revelations of a writing life and more.

This week, Lora, Alex and I muse about how sad we are to leave the circus behind as we chat about the last part of this captivating debut novel by Erin Morgenstern (page 297 to the end).

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This week we chat about getting caught up in all the detail of Part 2 of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus (pages 132-296) — not to mention the escalating love story and unexpected danger simmering beneath the surface of this circus of dreams.

This week, we’re thrilled to start our discussions of Erin Morgenstern’s magical, enthralling The Night Circus, which landed this debut author a seven-figure advance and hit the bestseller lists within mere weeks of release. For the event, Alex and I are joined by our newest Chatelaine book club member, assistant editor Lora Grady. This time out, we read pages 1 to 131 — and trust me, it was hard to limit our reading to that first part of the book and not devour the rest of it!