BBC to film series based on Sally Rooney's hit debut novel

Conversations with Friends will follow Rooney’s Normal People that will air in April The BBC has commissioned a 12-part series based on Sally Rooney’s hit debut novel Conversations with Friends in the hope that fans of the young Irish author will bring in younger audiences.The BBC is to show its forthcoming adaptation of Rooney’s second novel, Normal People, suggesting the corporation is already banking on the series being a hit when it is released by the online-only BBC Three service in April. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-02-25 10:19:05 UTC ]
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Mythical creatures title coincides with Fantastic Beasts film

Buster Books will publish a book of beasts to coincide with the release of the film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Hain's anti-apartheid memoir optioned for film

Labour politician Peter Hain’s AD & WAL (Biteback Publishing) has been optioned for a feature film by Fifty One Productions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC relaunches Love To Read campaign at Hay

The BBC today relaunched Love to Read, a campaign that celebrates reading for pleasure, at Hay Festival.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Cassandra Clare series to S&S

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired a series of novels from American YA author Cassandra Clare exploring the life and times of Magnus Bane, a character from her Shadowhunter series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Alexander Hamilton Novel Gets Presale Boost from Hit Musical

Riding the wave of Alexander Hamilton mania drummed up by the Broadway hit about the Founding Father, Elizabeth Cobbs’s forthcoming novel, ‘The Hamilton Affair,’ has been given a presale boost from two major chains. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA author Amy Engel's adult debut to Hodder

Hodder and Stoughton has acquired a "boundary-pushing, darkly suspenseful" new thriller: The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deliciously Ella to publish mini-series

Yellow Kite is publishing a series of mini books by Deliciously Ella this September Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film adaptation for Nordic YA Snow White Trilogy

Nordic young adult series, The Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka (Hot Keys Books) is to be adapted for the silver screen by Zero Gravity Management in association with Elina Ahlback Literary Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former BBC Africa correspondent pens 'dramatic' Somalia story

Hurst Publishers has signed The Mayor of Mogadishu: The Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia by Andrew Harding, a former BBC Africa correspondent. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage to publish Francis Duncan murder mystery series

Vintage is publishing four new crime novels from classic crime author Francis Duncan.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Influx to publish debut short story collection

Influx Press has acquired Attrib. and other stories, the debut short story collection from Eley Williams. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifth in Larsson's Millennium series coming in 2017

Quercus has confirmed there will be a new book in Stieg Larsson's Millennium series in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Walking Dead' creator's new show to debut on Facebook in Europe

Cinemax's upcoming show Outcast will debut on Facebook Live in Europe and Africa tonight. Outcast is an adaptation of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman's comic book series of the same name. Dealing with the supernatural and demonic possession,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abbey Clancy claims debut script 'blew away' on holiday

Abbey Clancy has admitted she was a "nightmare" for her publishers at Harlequin after proofs for her debut novel Remember My Name "blew away" on a family holiday. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC’s public service remit includes recipes | Letters

The BBC has been in the publishing business, either on paper or online, for its entire 93-year history (Is it really the BBC’s role to publish free recipes for harissa spiced lamb?, 20 May). Why are the Tories suddenly intimidated by this? I thought that capitalism welcomed competition? As a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus Reveals Fifth Millennium Series Title

Quercus, the British publisher of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, has announced a fifth book in the bestselling line, set for a 2017 release. Knopf will publish the book in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon Makes Its Chicago Debut

After two years in New York, the consumer book convention landed in the Windy City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers divided on BBC online shake-up

Cookery and travel publishers are divided over whether the removal of free recipes and some travel articles from BBC websites will benefit the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Bitesize promotion will 'kill start-ups and destroy jobs'

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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