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Adaptations News

August 12, 2019

‘The Shawshank Redemption’ Returns to Theaters to Mark 25th Anniversary

Widely considered to be one of the finest films of all time, the film adaptation…

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August 12, 2019

Sara Pascoe Launches ‘Sex, Power, Money’ Podcast

Comedian, writing and actor Sara Pascoe’s début book, Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body…

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Adaptations News

August 9, 2019

Amazon and the BBC to Adapt Agatha Christie’s ‘The Pale Horse’

It has been announced that Amazon and the BBC are teaming up to bring us…

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Literature News

August 9, 2019

Three poisonous books discovered at university library

Three rare 16th and 17th century books in the University of Southern Denmark’s library collection…

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Authors News

August 7, 2019

Barack Obama Pays Tribute to Toni Morrison

Back in 2012, President Obama paid tribute to Toni Morrison in the form of the…

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Libraries News

August 7, 2019

Can you help transcribe 16,000 pages of Suffragist documents?

Can you help The Library of Congress transcribe aprox. 16,000 historic papers related to the…

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Children's Literature News

August 7, 2019

Snow White gravestone on display in German museum

A museum in a quaint historic German town has been given a significant and long-lost…

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Authors News

August 6, 2019

Toni Morrison – ‘Beloved’ author dies

African-American author, Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardella Wofford) was born in Ohio on the 18th…

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Authors News

August 6, 2019

Author of Christian Relationship Book ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ Says He’s Lost His Faith

In 1997, then 21-year-old Joshua Harris published I Kissed Dating Goodbye, a book founded on…

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Children's Literature News

August 5, 2019

Rare First Edition Harry Potter Book Bought for £1 Sells for £28,500

Last month, we reported the news that a rare first edition of Harry Potter and…

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