Disney developing Artemis Fowl film

The Walt Disney Studios is developing a film adaptation of the first two novels in Eoin Colfer... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Train' Stays on Track

Paula Hawkins's 'The Girl on the Train' keeps up its wild ride at #1 in the wake of the release of the film adaptation on October 7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: The 'Train' Keeps on Chugging

Paula Hawkins is at #1 again with 'The Girl on the Train' in advance of the October 7 release of the film adaptation of the thriller. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roald Dahl: back in the spotlight

Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation of a Roald Dahl story has Dahl being remembered as a children's book author with a dark sense of humor. But his stories for adults are typically more macabre.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gibson and Penn to star in film about the creation of OED

Actors Mel Gibson and Sean Penn are to star in "Professor and the Madman", a film adaptation of a novel about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Swallow and Amazons tie-in to PRH Children's

Penguin Random House Children’s will next month publish a new edition of Arthur Ransome's classic children's book Swallows and Amazons to tie-in with the new film adaptation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pratchett's Wee Free Men to become film

The Jim Henson Company is producing a film adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men novel, with the screenplay written by Rhianna Pratchett, the late author’s daughter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-21 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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BEA 2016: Maria Semple: Writing to Escape Pain

Although Maria Semple has written two previous novels—most recently the bestselling "Where’d You Go, Bernadette," with a film adaptation in the works—the one-time TV writer ("Mad About You," "Arrested Development") says writing them never gets easier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 9, 2016

This week, Jojo Moyes fans gear up for the film adaptation of 'Me Before You’. Plus Debbie Macomber joins the coloring book revolution, animal behaviorist Frans de Waal explains why our fellow creatures are more intelligent than we think they are, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Girl on the Train' Returns

Paula Hawkins made her triumphant return to the iBooks U.S. bestsellers list for the week that ended April 24, with 'The Girl on the Train' taking the #2 slot in the wake of the release of the first trailer for its film adaptation last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julia Roberts to produce Coben adaptation

Julia Roberts is set to produce and star in a film adaptation of Harlan Coben’s latest thriller Fool Me Once, according to Deadline. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hardinge, Cobb, Colfer shortlisted for UKLA

Frances Hardinge, the winner of the 2016 Costa prize, is shortlisted for this year’s UKLA Book Awards, the only children’s book prize judged by teachers, along with authors such as Rebecca Cobb and Eoin Colfer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Room’ Breaks the Top 10

Following actress Brie Larson’s Oscar win for her role in the film adaptation of ‘Room,' Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel came in at #3 on the iBooks bestseller list for the week ending March 6. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eleanor Catton's first book The Rehearsal has been turned into a movie

Filming has finished and editing is underway for the film adaptation of Eleanor Catton' first novel The Rehearsal. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fassbender to star in The Snowman adaptation

"Steve Jobs" actor Michael Fassbender has been confirmed to star as Harry Hole in the film adaptation of Scandinavian crime writer Jo Nesbo’s global bestseller and thriller, The Snowman (Vintage). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Enright wins Irish novel of the year award

Anne Enright has won the Irish novel of the year award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015, during a ceremony which also saw prizes given to J P Donleavy, Louise O’Neill, Eoin Colfer and Niall Breslin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder to republish 1970s 'classic'

Hodder & Stoughton is to republish its 1970 bestseller The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, to coincide with the film adaptation to be released in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'The Martian' Still Hot

After the film adaptation of 'The Martian' dominated the box office during its opening weekend, Andy Weir's novel stayed put at #1 on Apple's iBooks bestseller list, for the week ended October 5 Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘The Martian’ Hits #1

With the film adaptation of Andy Weir’s 'The Martian' set to open in theaters on October 2, the novel topped Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended September 28. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oliver Jeffers and Eoin Colfer: Interview

This autumn a collaboration between two of Ireland’s best-known children’s storytellers—author Eoin Colfer and author/illustrator Oliver Jeffers—will hit the shelves. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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