by Akina Hansen | Jul 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Thanks to some brand new photos from the set of the BBC’s and Netflix’s adaption of Dracula, we’re even more ready to sink our teeth into this one. We’ve got our first glimpse of Danish actor Claes Bang (The Square) in the starring role,...
by Akina Hansen | Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sony Pictures have shared the first photos from the set of Little Women, due to hit cinemas early 2020. With Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) at the helm, and an all star cast including Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet and Laura Dern among others, this adaption...
by Akina Hansen | Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
This month Microsoft began shutting down its e-book service. This shutdown will effectively erase all content purchased through the e-bookstore, refunding every book ever bought through the system. The closure comes barely two years after the servivce first launched...
by Akina Hansen | Jul 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
British production company Expectation has announced they are adapting Leo Tolstoy’s 1878 epic Anna Karenina. Gweneth Hughes is developing the adaptation alongside Expectation. She’s best known for writing The Girl, a 2012 HBC/BBC movie about Alfred...
by Akina Hansen | Jul 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Six authors have made the shortlist for the 2019 Miles Franklin awards, announced last night during a ceremony at the State Library of NSW. Among the shortlist is previous shortlisters Rodney Hall and Gail Jones, as well as previous longlister Mellissa Lucashenko and...
by Akina Hansen | Jul 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Netflix has announced it is adapting Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series into a television show, in what is reportedly the streaming giant’s most expensive production yet. It’s the third TV adaption of a Neil Gaiman work to come to fruition, after Amazon...
by Akina Hansen | Jul 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt have announced they will be posthumously releasing Stan Lee’s first novel for adult readers in September 2019. Titled Stan Lee’s Alliances: A Trick of Light, the novel is Lee’s first for adults, and his first work featuring...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Funtoon Publishing have announced a Frank Zappa colouring book, created by David Calcano and Lindsay Lee and officially sanctioned by the Zappa estate. Releasing November 5, The Frank Zappa Colouring Book is a collection of 72 interactive illustrations paying tribute...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Brisbane Writers Festival have announced their 2019 program, featuring over 160 writers and taking place from 5-8 September at the State Library of Queensland. In recognition of the UN Year of Indigenous Languages, this year’s festival will explore the ways...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
A landmark new project by the Australian National University, the Australian Common Reader, has recently been launched. Drawing from what is said to be the world’s largest database of library borrowing records, the project gives a never-before-seen insight into...