by Akina Hansen | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Columbia University have announced the winners and nominated finalists of the 106th Pulitzer Prize via video stream. The Prizes recognise outstanting public service and achievement in American journalism, letters and music, with winners from each category being...
by Akina Hansen | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Actor Jeff Daniels has been cast in the lead role in Netflix’s, A Man in Full, a limited series adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s novel of the same name. The novel, A Man in Full was published in 1998 and follows Charlie Croker (played by Jeff Daniels), an Atlanta real estate...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
The 2022 Women’s prize shortlist has been announced. The prize seeks to highlight the best fiction by women across the world, regardless of their age, race, nationality or background. This year’s shortlist includes six diverse novels, with the winner in the running...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jayne Allen’s ‘Black Girls’ trilogy of novels is getting a television adaptation with AGC studios. Jayne’s first novel, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted was published in 2018 and follows Tabitha Walker, a 33-year-old journalist living in Los...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Award winning and number one bestselling author Dervla McTiernan is releasing a new standalone thriller this year called The Murder Rule. The Murder Rule is inspired by the true story of a young law student who worked at the Innocence Project and went on to uncover...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Lily Rabe, Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens and Finn Wittrock are set to star in Sony’s film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman’s Downtown Owl. The American Horror Story star, Lily Rabe will also direct the film with long-time collaborator Hamish Linklater who is also...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The character Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is coming back in a new trilogy to be written by Swedish author Karin Smirnoff. The first book in the series is set to be released in 2023 in the US by Knof, and is yet to be...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Danish animated documentary Flee which received three Oscar nominations is being adapted into a graphic novel, the Hollywood Reporter reports. Flee is directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and tells the story of Amin Nawabi who fled Afghanistan as a child and sought...
by Akina Hansen | Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid is being adapted into a Netflix film by Liz Tigelaar, the creator of Little Fires Everywhere. The 2017 novel is about an aging and reclusive movie star, Evelyn Hugo, who chooses an unknown journalist to share...
by Akina Hansen | Mar 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced this year’s Book of the Year Awards Shortlist and that this year’s final prize pool will exceed $100,000 for the first time. The CBCA is a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to engage the community...