Search Results by tag: adaptation

The Breadwinner film adaptation to make world debut at TIFF

The film adaptation of Deborah Ellis's internationally bestselling 2000 novel The Breadwinner (Groundwood Books) – the first in a children's series about an 11-year-old in Kabul who disguises herself as a boy to make money for her family ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Deals

Watch the new trailer for the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace

By Becky Robertson

The trailer for the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace has arrived. The six-hour series, which premieres in Canada on CBC Sept. 25 and will be subsequently streamed globally on Netflix, is adapted ... Read More »

July 19, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

New AMC streaming service picks up adaptation of Emily Schultz’s The Blondes

By Becky Robertson

A TV adaptation of Ontario-born writer Emily Schultz's 2012 novel The Blondes (Doubleday Canada) will be among six new projects being developed by Shudder, a new streaming service being launched by the U.S.-based AMC network. Shudder will focus ... Read More »

June 5, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Allan Hawco brings adaptation of Lisa Moore’s prison-escape adventure Caught to CBC

By Sue Carter

Republic of Doyle’s Allan Hawco will star and serve as showrunner for the television adaptation of Lisa Moore’s novel Caught (House of Anansi Press), coming to CBC in winter 2018. The show, which goes into ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Watch: Teaser for Sara Taylor’s Boring Girls web series

By Sue Carter

Sara Taylor's 2015 thriller Boring Girls (ECW Press), about a teenager's induction into the sexist death-metal scene, is being adapted as a digital series. Taylor, who also fronts the band the Birthday Massacre, has turned ... Read More »

March 2, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace coming to CBC and Netflix as a miniseries

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood's 1996 Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning historical novel Alias Grace (McClelland & Stewart), inspired by the true story of two servants convicted of the murders of their employer and his housekeeper, will be adapted for television ... Read More »

June 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Inaugural CFC/eOne TV Adaptation Lab to feature Angela Misri, Kat Sandler, Michael F. Stewart

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Film Centre and Entertainment One have named the Canadian writers participating in their inaugural TV Adaptation Lab, taking place May 31–August 31 in Toronto. Toronto-based author and former CBC journalist Angela Misri, playwright ... Read More »

June 6, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Kids’ CBC adapting Margaret Atwood’s Wandering Wenda

By Sarah Kester

Margaret Atwood's alliterative Wenda will be wandering to television screens in winter 2017, Kids' CBC has announced. The animated series from Breakthrough Entertainment, inspired by Atwood's children's book The Wide World of Wandering Wenda, began ... Read More »

May 10, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Q&A: Lakes of Canada’s Jake Smith on turning personal tragedy and A Handmaid’s Tale into music

By Nathaniel Basen

Montreal indie musician Jake Smith first read Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel A Handmaid’s Tale in 2011. He found a copy of the book while cleaning his mother's home, following her shocking murder there the previous fall. Now, ... Read More »

October 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

The Devil You Know set to be adapted for television

By Sarah Kester

New Metric Media has announced it has acquired worldwide media rights for Elisabeth de Mariaffi's debut novel, The Devil You Know (HarperCollins Canada/Patrick Crean Editions). The novel, set in the early 1990s, follows rookie reporter Evie Jones, who ... Read More »

April 17, 2015 | Filed under: Deals

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Search Results by tag: adaptation

The Breadwinner film adaptation to make world debut at TIFF

Watch the new trailer for the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace

New AMC streaming service picks up adaptation of Emily Schultz’s The Blondes

Allan Hawco brings adaptation of Lisa Moore’s prison-escape adventure Caught to CBC

Watch: Teaser for Sara Taylor’s Boring Girls web series

Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace coming to CBC and Netflix as a miniseries

Inaugural CFC/eOne TV Adaptation Lab to feature Angela Misri, Kat Sandler, Michael F. Stewart

Kids’ CBC adapting Margaret Atwood’s Wandering Wenda

Q&A: Lakes of Canada’s Jake Smith on turning personal tragedy and A Handmaid’s Tale into music

The Devil You Know set to be adapted for television

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