Emma Donoghue's Room received more acclaim on Feb. 28 when Brie Larson, star of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning novel's film adaptation – for which Donoghue wrote the screenplay – ... Read More »
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Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue has been nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplay adaptation of her 2010 novel, Room. The film's star, Brie Larson, won a Golden Globe earlier this week for her performance. ... Read More »
The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony was held last night, and literary adaptations scored very well in high-ranking categories. The big winner (and, in this Quillblogger's opinion, the year's most overrated movie) was Slumdog Millionaire, ... Read More »
February 23, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
Canadian talent fared well in this year's Oscar nominations, announced this morning. And in case you needed an excuse to catch the February 24 ceremony “ if it happens “ there's a publishing tie-in, too. ... Read More »
January 22, 2008 | Filed under: Awards