TV Alert: 'Shape Island'

We take a look at the new television show 'Shape Island', based on the Shapes trilogy of picture books by frequent collaborators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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TV books programmes: if nobody watches them, make better ones

The novelist Robert Harris was right to call the BBC’s lack of a books show a ‘disgrace’. There’s plenty the corporation could do to make a popular literary programme on TVWith injury, there is always a little insult. When a BBC spokesperson, responding to Robert Harris’s complaints at the Costa... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade supports Harris on TV books

There has been an outpouring of support in the trade for Robert Harris's public call for a dedicated BBC TV books programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meredith Rises and AMI Recedes With the Acquisition of Shape

Meredith is soon going to have to be designated the best magazine company in the country. The post Meredith Rises and AMI Recedes With the Acquisition of Shape appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veteran journalist launches 'constituency TV' in London borough

John Dale believes he has invented new television format ahead of the general electionJohn Dale, former national newspaper investigative reporter and magazine editor, believes he has invented - or stumbled across - a new television format: constituency TV.Dale launched a Facebook page and a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Miniaturist to be made into TV series

TV rights to Jessie Burton’s bestselling novel The Miniaturist (Picador) have been optioned by the company behind the adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. London-based Company Pictures optioned the TV rights in a deal negotiated by Rich Green at ICM Partners on behalf of Juliet Mushens at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Movie Alert: 'Seventh Son'

The wait is almost over for 'Seventh Son,' the film adaptation of Joseph Delaney's The Last Apprentice. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US fantasy TV series to be shot in Auckland

A US fantasy television series based on books by top-selling American author Terry Brooks is to be shot in West Auckland. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook favoured over TV and radio, claims Ofcom report

Media regulator highlights ‘generation gap’ as people aged 16-24 move away from traditional platforms for online activitiesRead the full Ofcom report: Public Service Content in a Connected SocietyYounger people are switching off TV and radio in their droves in favour of online pursuits such as... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Movie Alert: 'Paddington'

Though not as familiar to American readers as, say, Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear may soon receive renewed attention in the U.S., thanks to the January 16 release of the movie 'Paddington.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will the Miami Book Fair Become Must-See TV?

PBS will live-stream three days of events from this month's Miami Book Fair. Will it become appointment viewing for the mass market? The post Will the Miami Book Fair Become Must-See TV? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'A Book Is a Gift Like No Other,' Says Barnes & Noble (See the Newest Ads on TV)

Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are showing sustained... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'A Book Is a Gift Like No Other,' Says Barnes & Noble (Watch the Newest Ads on TV)

Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are showing sustained... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Comics: Easier To Build, Easier To Get On TV, And More Diverse Than Ever

Comics like Powers are flooding networks, cable, and now your PlayStation--often with a more diverse cast than they had on the page.In December of 1999, well before he became the man behind every Marvel title of note from Avengers to X-Men, writer and artist Brian Michael Bendis published a... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leckie's Ancillary Justice optioned for TV

Ann Leckie's prize-winning sci-fi novel Ancillary Justice (Orbit UK) has been optioned for TV. Writing on her blog, the author revealed that the book has been optioned by production company Fabrik and Fox Television Studios, which previously worked together on the US version of "The Killing"... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV Show Cookbooks, the Fall Lineup

In October, three new cookbooks based on hit TV shows will help you take your fandom to the next level—into the kitchen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film and TV deal for Smith's Desert God

Anna Lena Films has acquired the film and TV rights for Wilbur Smith’s novel Desert God, published by HarperCollins.   The rights were bought from Kevin Conroy Scott at Tibor Jones Management. The deal also includes film and TV rights to River God and The Seventh Scroll, also from the Epic... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Genre Shows Go Mainstream, TV Execs Are Looking to Novelists for the Next Hit

TV network options on books have exploded. Publishers Lunch, a trade that tracks book industry deals, lists an ever-increasing number of television options over the last few years, with 2013 setting the record and this year looking good. And with massive success stories like Game of Thrones... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Is Getting Its TV on This Fall

“I was Dick Donner’s assistant for four years, where I just constantly asked him about Superman,” confessed Geoff Johns, chief creative officer of DC Comics. “And The Goonies. He told me once that if he’d done another Superman movie, he would have made it about Brainiac, and I was just like,... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amarillo Globe-News Publisher Puts TV, Radio in Crosshairs

Local TV and radio broadcasters in Amarillo, Texas, consider yourselves on notice: the Amarillo Globe-News smells blood in the water and is coming after your business. That’s because Les Simpson, publisher of the Morris Communications-own ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Penguin Publishing Group Takes Shape

Fourteen months after the completion of the Random House–Penguin Group merger, PRH CEO Markus Dohle has created the Penguin Publishing Group, which puts all Penguin adult imprints under Madeline McIntosh, who was named president of the new unit. The move is Dohle’s most aggressive yet in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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