Name: Ryan James Black Book Launch (The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham)
Start: 2025-09-12T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-12T20:00:00-05:00
Location: McNally Robinson Booksellers

Ryan James Black Book Launch (The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham)

Join Ryan James Black for the launch of his middle grade novel The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham (Nancy Paulsen Books) featuring a conversation hosted by Drew Kozub.
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780593698082/ryan-james-black/the-dark-times-of-nimble-nottingham
This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a YouTube stream: https://youtube.com/live/737Y2uU6mNM
Set during World War II, a twelve-year-old orphan – the titular but Nimble Nottingham – who accidentally unleashes a shadow monster onto the bombed-out streets of London must team up with unlikely allies – members of a local street gang called the Dead End Kids – to hunt it down.
"The twists and surprises just keep on coming. My kind of book!"- R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps and Fear Street
Ryan James Black is a writer from Manitoba, where he lives with his wife, two children, and a Jumanji’s worth of pets. When not writing or reading, Ryan enjoys travelling, watching scary movies with all the lights on, and exploring the Great Outdoors with his family.