Book to Screen Club

07/04/2021

Our latest episode is up of our special series with of Book to Studio Ghibli with
It was such a pleasure to revist Mary Norton's The Borrowers. It reminded me as a kid our obsession with 'little people' stories like Thumbelina, Gullivers Travels, Cottingly Fairies, Indian in the Cupboard. There are 5 books in the series and it is utterly charming. And of course safe in the hands of Studio Ghibli with debut director Hiromasa Yonebayash in their adaptation to 'The Secret World of Arrietty'. Check our episode out on all good streaming platforms.

28/02/2020

Our March Books 2 Screen pick is Radioactive by Lauren Redniss (2010, It Books). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud or Spotify. We will be meeting on March 25th to discuss! For those not in London please feel free to discuss the book/film below and we will post a recording of the group to post! Radioactive is the visual journey into the life of Marie Curie, as told through the dazzling collage style of acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. [ 162 more words ]

Our March Books 2 Screen pick is Radioactive by Lauren Redniss (2010, It Books). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud or Spotify. We will be meeting on March 25th to discuss! For tho…

13/02/2020

'Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films is adapting C J Skuse’s novel Sweetpea for Sky Atlantic. The company, which also makes SundanceTV’s short-form series State of the Union, is developing the comedy drama, which is described as American Psycho-meets-Fleabag, written by Pure writer Kirstie Swain. The hope is that it will turn into an eight-part order. The book, which was published in 2017, chronicles a year in the life of an ambitious but bored young woman living and working in a small British town. [ 331 more words ]

‘Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films is adapting C J Skuse’s novel Sweetpea for Sky Atlantic. The company, which also makes SundanceTV’s short-form series State of the Union, is developing…

13/02/2020

'Richard Wong, whose Ravi Patel-Gabourey Sidibe road trip comedy Come As You Are was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn last fall, is attached to direct an adaptation of Melissa de La Cruz’s 29 Dates at Disney+. I hear it’s very early days for this project with rewrites currently underway. The book was adapted by Lauren Moon who Wong will work closely with to supervise the next draft. [ 159 more words ]

‘Richard Wong, whose Ravi Patel-Gabourey Sidibe road trip comedy Come As You Are was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn last fall, is attached to direct an adaptation of Melissa de La Cruz’s 29 Date…

12/02/2020

'Alcon Entertainment has secured all filmed entertainment rights to Postscript, the recently released follow-up to Cecelia Ahern’s 2004 debut novel P.S. I Love You. The Blind Side production company will co-finance and co-produce the feature adaptation along with Black Label Media. Alcon produced and financed the 2007 film adaptation of P.S. I Love You, which starred Hilary Swank as Holly, as well as Gerard Butler, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kathy Bates, and Lisa Kudrow. [ 229 more words ]

‘Alcon Entertainment has secured all filmed entertainment rights to Postscript, the recently released follow-up to Cecelia Ahern’s 2004 debut novel P.S. I Love You. The Blind Side production …

12/02/2020

'Jenna Rosenow (Neighbours) has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Katherine Heigel and Sarah Chalke on Netflix’s upcoming drama series Firefly Lane, based on the bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah, from Maggie Friedman (No Tomorrow). Written and executive produced by Friedman, who also serves as showrunner, Firefly Lane centers on Kate and Tully, who meet as young girls and become inseparable best friends throughout thirty years of ups and downs, successes and failures, depression and disappointments. [ 113 more words ]

‘Jenna Rosenow (Neighbours) has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Katherine Heigel and Sarah Chalke on Netflix’s upcoming drama series Firefly Lane, based on the bestselling novel…

11/02/2020

Our February Books 2 Screen pick is The Colour Out of Space by H.P Lovecraft (1927, Amazing Stories). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud or Spotify. We will be meeting on February 26th to discuss! For those not in London please feel free to discuss the book/film below and we will post a recording of the group to post! [ 158 more words ]

Our February Books 2 Screen pick is The Colour Out of Space by H.P Lovecraft (1927, Amazing Stories). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud or Spotify. We will be meeting on February 2…

20/09/2019

A reminder that all our book club sessions are on Spotify (next step upgrade the sound quality!)

Every month we reviewed a newly released film and the book that it's based off of - is the film ever better than the book? by Books2Screen

20/09/2019

Our September Books 2 Screen pick is Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy (1965, Simon & Schuster). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud or Spotify. We will be meeting on September 26th to discuss! It's the 50th anniversary of the film so the likes of BFI and the Cine Lumiere are doing screenings! For those not in London please feel free to discuss the book/film below and we will post a recording of the group to post! [ 135 more words ]

Our September Books 2 Screen pick is Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy (1965, Simon & Schuster). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud or Spotify. We will be meeting on Septembe…

05/08/2019

All of the UK & US August Books to Film Releases! ANIMALS by Emma Jane Unsworth (2014, Canongate). Adapted by Emma Jane Unsworth. Directed by Sophie Hyde. Starring Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, and Fra Fee. Produced by Closer Productions, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, Metrol Technology, Sarah Brocklehurst Production and Vico Films. Summary: Laura and Tyler are two young women who have been tearing up the city streets for ten years, leaving a trail of angry drug dealers and spent men in their wake. [ 1,142 more word ]

All of the UK & US August Books to Film Releases! ANIMALS by Emma Jane Unsworth (2014, Canongate). Adapted by Emma Jane Unsworth. Directed by Sophie Hyde. Starring  Holliday Grainger, …

02/08/2019

Our August Books 2 Screen pick is Girl Boy Girl by Savannah Knoop (2008, Seven Stories Press). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud. We will be meeting on August 29th to discuss! For those not in London please feel free to discuss the book/film below and we will post a recording of the group to post! [ 229 more words ]

Our August Books 2 Screen pick is Girl Boy Girl by Savannah Knoop (2008, Seven Stories Press). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud.  We will be meeting on August 29th to dis…

31/07/2019

Our June Books 2 Screen pick is Tell It To The Bees by Fiona Shaw (2009, Serpent's Tail). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud. We will be meeting on July 31st to discuss! For those not in London please feel free to discuss the book/film below and we will post a recording of the group to post! [ 173 more words ]

Our June Books 2 Screen pick is Tell It To The Bees by Fiona Shaw (2009, Serpent’s Tail). You can listen to past choices over on SoundCloud. We will be meeting on July 31st to discuss! For t…