To Kill a Mockingbird Turns Fifty

Reading To Kill a Mockingbird is something millions of us have in common. In a documentary and accompanying book, Mary McDonagh Murphy explores the novel’s power, influence and popularity. With reflections from Anna Quindlen, Tom Brokaw, James McBride, James Patterson, Wally Lamb, Oprah Winfrey and more, the documentary and the book chronicle the many ways the novel has shaped lives and careers. Harper Lee has not given an interview since 1964, but Murphy’s reporting, research and rare interviews with the author’s sister and friends add new details and photos to the remarkable story of an astonishing phenomenon. Read the Book: Scout, Atticus & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird or see the documentary film Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird.  JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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Mary McDonagh Murphy

Mary Murphy is an independent film and television writer/producer whose current projects include a documentary about the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She has recently produced Cry for Help, a PBS program on mental illness in adolescents which aired nationally on April 29, 2009. She is also the producer of Digital Days, narrated by Tom Brokaw: an examination of the Internet’s impact on the newspaper industry (for the Associated Press).

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Book and Documentary News

PRE-ORDER THE DVD OF HEY, BOO: HARPER LEE AND TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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C-Span Video of Mary McDonagh Murphy on “Scout, Atticus & Boo”

Mary McDonagh Murphy talked about the impact of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, published 50 years ago that month (July 1960). In her book, Scout, Atticus & Boo, Ms. Murphy included reflections on Lee’s novel from Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, Anna Quindlen, Andrew Young, Scott Turow, and others. During this event, part of the [...]

MSNBC’s Morning Joe talks to Mary Murphy about the 50th Anniversary

Morning Joe talks to Mary McDonagh Murphy, author of “Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’” about the anniversary of the beloved novel.

CBS Evening News Report on the 50th Anniversary

“To Kill a Mockingbird” Turns 50
On the 50th anniversary of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Bill Whitaker reports on the celebration in author Harper Lee’s home town, Monroeville, Ala. Includes an interview with Mary McDonagh Murphy

Events

September 13, 2010

Litchfield County Library, Litchfield Connecticut

 

September 14th Hey, Boo in PLeasantville, NY

See Screening of Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird at Jacob Burns Film Center Followed by Q & A with Janet Maslin & Mary McDonagh Murphy

Scout, Atticus & Boo @NYC Parks

September 15th, Armory

Septermber 19th-

Great Neck Public Library 2:00

Author Mary McDonagh Murphy to give talk and sign books.
for ticket info 516 466-8055 x241

September 20th, Monday

Waterford Public Library

Screening of Hey, Boo and Book signing 7-9

September 23rd

Bee Hive Books, Monroeville, Alabama

Harper Lee’s hometown!

Hey, Boo featured at Sidewalk Film Festival

Birmingham, Alabama Sept 24-26

September 27, 2010

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor District Library

Screening & Book signing

October 8-10

Southern Festival of Books

Nashville, Tennessee October 8-10

Steamboat Springs, Colo

October 18-20