Casual Vacancy heads to TV screens

J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown) is to be adapted into a television series... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus launches adventure imprint Aries

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 21:51:33 UTC ]
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Juno Dawson's YA trilogy optioned for TV by The Lighthouse

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Meredith Taps ‘Access Hollywood’ EP for ‘People’ TV Series | People on the Move

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Schrank Named to Head Astra Publishing House

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sally Rooney's Normal People tops UK book charts as readers fall for TV version

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Watch the first episode of a forgotten 1970 TV adaptation of Don Quixote . . . set in space.

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Lockdown TV: Netflix Dominates, News Surges and Bea Arthur Is Still Golden

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Nielsen: TV-Related Tweets Are Up Nearly Across the Board During Covid-19

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TV Time Spikes for Kids Stuck at Home During Coronavirus

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