Beetle Boy creator M G Leonard says the key to screen adaptations lies in balancing creative licence with loyalty to the source. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University press c.e.o. Peter Phillips explains how the publisher is working ever more closely with other university departments to capitalise on 'the Cambridge Advantage'. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three novels by Ian McEwan - The Children Act (2014), On Chesil Beach (2007) and The Child in Time (1987), all published by Vintage - are set to hit screens in the coming weeks as film and television adaptations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Casey Affleck is to star in a Film4 adaptation of cult novel Stoner (Vintage Classics) by late author John Williams. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new adaptation of Lord of the Flies has drawn widespread criticism on social media for reimagining William Golding’s 1954 novel with a major twist - looking at what would happen if all those shipwrecked on the island were girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber title The Cry by Helen FitzGerald is to be adapted into a drama series for BBC One. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first of Deborah Harkness' bestselling All Souls Trilogy, A Discovery of Witches, is being adapted for Sky 1 and Now TV starring Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The screenings of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" at Durham Cathedral has broken all of the city’s book festival records with 1,500 tickets selling out in one day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It looks like we're not finished with deals between comic book creators and online movie studios. Hot on the heels of Netflix announcing its acquisition of Mark Millar's comic book empire Millarworld comes news from Amazon. The company now has a firs... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers is to release Justice for Laughing Boy, the story of a disabled teenager who drowned while staying at a specialist NHS unit, written by his mother, Sara Ryan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An adaptation of Europa Editions title Suburra by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo is to be broadcast as a 10-part drama series for Netflix this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The recent San Diego Comic-Con offered a window into the steady transformation of the North American comics industry and its fans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribe UK has acquired three new titles from its existing authors Marina Benjamin, Jeremy Gavron and Tommy Wieringa. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Radio 2 is making a drama based on Michael Morpurgo’s child migration novel, Alone On A Wide Wide Sea (HarperCollins Children’s Books), starring Toby Jones and Jason Donovan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The success of Netflix's recent adaptation of 13 Reasons Why “clears the path” for more streaming-style young adult adaptations according to one media executive. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two new reports from the UK's Academic Book of the Future call for stakeholders in academic publishing tto formalize their collaboration in order to make advancements and improvements. The post The UK’s ‘Academic Book of the Future’ Project: Two Key Reports appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Zaffre imprint Hot Key Books has acquired a “romantic and relevant” debut Love, Hate & Other Filters, by Samira Ahmed, about being a Muslim American teen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond died at home yesterday aged 91 following a short illness, his publisher has said. Described as “a giant of children’s literature” by HarperCollins, which published him for over 60 years, Bond's first book, A Bear Called Paddington, was released in 1958.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ITV is making a seven-part drama Vanity Fair with Amazon Studios and production company Mammoth Screen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following the cult success on YouTube of the vlog-series ‘Carmilla,’ a book deal has been struck between Toronto’s Kids Can Press and Shaftesbury films. 0″ height=”276″ /> Poster artwork for the coming film treatment of ‘Carmilla’[/caption] n a statement from the Los Angeles presentation of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook wants shows, and publishers are happy to comply -- but question whether this is just another short-term "product test" for the company. The post ‘Facebook is only half in’: Creators doubt Facebook’s commitment to original programming appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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