Search Results by tag: Sarah Polley

Alias Grace mini-series to premiere on Sept. 25

More Atwood adaptations, please! The premiere date for the upcoming mini-series based on Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace is finally set. CBC will air the first episode of the six-part series on Sept. 25, the broadcaster ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

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

Sarah Polley–directed Alias Grace set to film in Toronto

By Conan Tobias

Actor and director Sarah Polley will begin shooting her long-planned adaption of Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel, Alias Grace, in Toronto this August. Polley originally announced the project as a big-screen motion picture in 2012, but in 2014 plans ... Read More »

May 17, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Sarah Polley to adapt John Green’s Looking for Alaska

By Sue Carter

Sarah Polley has been tapped to write and direct Looking for Alaska, an adaptation of the 2005 YA novel by John Green, reigning king of the teen-tearjerker and author of The Fault in Our Stars. ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Sarah Polley to adapt Atwood novel

By Natalie Samson

Sarah Polley is one step closer to bringing Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace to the big screen. According to the Canadian Press, Polley's adaptation of the Giller Prize“winning book is one of 29 scripts ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

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