Rugman's take on Khashoggi death optioned for dramatic adaptation

Drama rights for BAFTA-winning foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman's book on the life and death of Jamal Khashoggi have been snapped up by Two Cities Television and Topic Studios, the production companies behind "Patrick Melrose" and "Spotlight".  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Lenny Henry’s production company options My Name is Leon

Kit de Waal’s debut novel My Name is Leon (Viking) has been optioned for TV by Sir Lenny Henry’s production company, Douglas Road Productions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Dramatic new departure' for Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is to publish a new title with HarperCollins set in the Elizabethan period in a "dramatic new departure" for the author. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Morrissey to star in BBC2 adaptation of Miéville's The City & The City

Fantasy writer China Miéville's 2009-published noir thriller The City & The City (Macmillan) is being adapted for a four-part BBC Two drama starring David Morrissey as Inspector Tyador Borlú. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zadie Smith adaptation gets BAFTA nods

The adaptation of Zadie Smith's NW (Hamish Hamilton) has been nominated for two BAFTAs.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romola Garai to star in BBC adaptation of 'The Miniaturist'

Romola Garai is starring in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton’s “genre-bending” debut The Miniaturist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maggie O'Farrell memoir to tell of 'brushes with death'

Tinder Press is publishing a memoir of near-death experiences from Maggie O'Farrell, which she says will be "the only non-fiction book I will ever write".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former bishop's 'exploration of death' to Canongate

Canongate is to publish The Last Bus, the new non-fiction book by Richard Holloway, the former Bishop of Edinburgh and author of Leaving Alexandria and Looking in the Distance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NYPL’s 2017 Book Award Finalists Wrote About Gun Deaths, Pandemics, War Zones, Dark Money and Refugees

As the name of the award implies, the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism is dedicated to honoring notable works of non-fiction written by journalists. The winner among the just-announced five finalists, to be revealed May 22, will join a group that... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 11 Most Anticipated Book Adaptations of 2017

From Stephen King to Lauren Oliver, these are the 11 adaptations already creating buzz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC to adapt a second John le Carre novel

The BBC is set to adapt another John le Carre novel, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, after its success with The Night Manager, which scooped awards at the Golden Globes last week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld joins shock at Carrie Fisher's death

PRH division Transworld has said it is "deeply shocked and saddened" by the death of writer and actor Carrie Fisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julia Roberts to star in Maria Semple TV adaptation

Julia Roberts is starring in Annapurna Pictures' TV adaptation of Maria Semple's second novel Today Will be Different. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt adaptation: first look

Take a sneak peek at Channel 4's  TV adaptation of the classic picture book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix orders Beth Reekles adaptation

Netflix has commissioned a TV adaptation of Beth Reekles’ YA novel The Kissing Booth (Penguin Random House), according to Deadline. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV adaptation for Zadie Smith's Swing Time

Zadie Smith's just-published novel Swing Time (Hamish Hamilton) has secured a TV deal with Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We Love You, Charlie Freeman optioned for film

Sovereign Films has acquired global film rights to We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge (Algonquin Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld mourns 'tragic' death of author Roger Hobbs, aged 28

American thriller writer Roger Hobbs, author of Ghostman and Vanishing Games (Transworld), has died, aged 28, after an overdose. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One adaptation of the Bible you've never seen before: graphic novel

Christian publisher Kingstone recently released a 2,000-page graphic novel adaptation of the Old and New Testaments, which it claims is the world's longest graphic novel. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Jackson adapting Mortal Engines for film

Peter Jackson, the film director behind The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, is adapting a film version of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines (Scholastic). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Massive Cyberattacks Dramatically Hurt Revenues for All Kinds of Internet Players

Heather Daniels owns a small business, Lyon's Prints, that she has run primarily on Etsy since 2014. Etsy was among the websites that fell victim to three waves of cyberattacks that lasted hours and rocked the web on Friday, also affecting Twitter, Pinterest, The New York Times, The Boston... Continue reading at AdWeek

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